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Panel 02 - Moses and the brazen serpent
Description:
Poor condition and difficult to photograph due to the strong incident light, nevertheless, one can clearly see Moses standing on the left and gesturing towards the column at the centre, on top of which is mounted the brazen serpent that would save the Israelites from their problems with snakebite. Two priests stand alongside, with their hands raised in supplication. Although difficult to see in this image, the serpent is depicted in the manner of an heraldic cockatrice, with the body and legs of a cockerel but a coiling serpentine tail. As with its neighbours, this panel has been displaced from a lost window.