Continuation of the story of the Patriarch Joseph, following directly on from bay 09.
Another
curate's egg, with some touching narrative details struggling to be seen amongst an overly fussy layout. The ambitious arrangement of the
medallions clashes with the 3x12 square grid armature - and where they narrative panels span the ferramenta the artist has often been left
with dead space. The choice of scenes also sometimes strange in some cases.
For a detailed discussion of some other visualisations
of the 'prison dreams' sub-plot in Genesis 40 (Panels 06-10), examined from a narratological viewpoint,
see
chapter 8.b
of my thesis. This window doesn't feature in that discussion (although the sculpted version in the south portal does) for the
simple reason that final submission deadlines were looming when I wrote that chapter - and I didn't have the time to work on
these images. It's a little embarassing that it has taken me nearly six years to get around to it!