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[91] The application of Vincent’s work to the sculpture and painting of a Gothic cathedral is due to Didron, _Iconographie chrétienne, histoire de Dieu_, Introduction (1843). Other writers have followed him, like Émile Male in his _L’Art religieux du XIII{e} siècle en France_ (2nd ed., Paris, 1902), to which the present writer is much indebted. It goes without saying, that the sources from which Vincent drew (_e.g._ the works of Albertus Magnus) likewise form a commentary upon the subjects of Gothic glass and sculpture, and may even have suggested the manner of their presentation.

[92] The opening verses of John’s Gospel account for this. Christ, or God in the person of Christ, is shown in Old Testament scenes as early as the fourth century upon sarcophagi in the Lateran at Rome.

[93] These subjects illustrated the series of events celebrated in the calendar of church services.

[94] _Post_, pp. 86 _sqq._

[95] _Ante_,