Gigapixel Art, photography by Ghigo Roli
Assisi, Upper Basilica of St. Francis,
Apse: the Central Stained Glass Window

Assisi, Upper Basilica of St. Francis, apse: the right stained glass window. It was made in 1477. It shows the correspondences between the Old and the New Testament. From top to bottom and from left to right: Joab kisses Amasa; Judas and the capture of Christ; Elijah in prayer on Mount Horeb; the prayer in the garden of Gethsemane; the banquet of King Ahasuerus; Last Supper; Abraham washes the Angels’ feet; Christ washes the Apostles’ feet; the entry of a king; the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem; the purification of the Temple; the expulsion of the merchants from the Temple; Moses and the Eternal Father; the Transfiguration; Jacob crosses the Jordan; the Baptism of Jesus; David’s sorrow for Saul’s death; the dispute with the doctors in the Temple.
