Bay 207 - The Book of Genesis

Index to panels:
(Click captions below to open detailed view in this window or click the relevant panel on the diagrams to the left to open in a new window).

First Register:
A1 - Signature panel (farmers ploughing with oxen)
B1 - Signature panel (farmers ploughing with horses)
C1 - Signature panel (farmers ploughing with oxen)
D1 - Signature panel (farmers ploughing with horses)

Second Register:
A2 - God creating the heavens and earth
B2 - The Creation of Eve
C2 - God warning Adam and Eve about the tree of knowledge
D2 - The Temptation

Third Register:
A3 - God reproaching Adam and Eve
B3 - Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise
C3 - The clothing of Adam and Eve
D3 - Adam digging while Eve spins

Fourth Register:
A4 - The birth of Cain
B4 - Abel tending his sheep as the first shepherd
C4 - Cain sowing wheat (the first farmer)
D4 - The offerings of Cain and Abel

Fifth Register:
A5 - Cain murdering his brother Abel
B5 - Adam looking upon the corpse of his son, Abel
C5 - God asking Cain where his brother is
D5 - Cain, with his wife and son (Enoch) wandering the earth

Sixth:
A6 - The building of the city of Enoch
B6 - The blind Lamech (guided by a young man) killing Cain
C6 - Lamech kills the young man
D6 - The sons of Lamech (Jubal and Tubalcain) ??

Upper Parts:
E - Unidentified bishop saint
F - Unidentified bishop saint
G - Unidentified bishop saint

The non-narrative bottom register consists of four panels showing a farmers ploughing with oxen and with horses (two cartoons are repeated). The main cycle, depicting the early parts of the Book of Genesis, starts with the leftmost panel of the second row - the 20 scenes read from left to right, then bottom to top. The choice of episodes is unusual, skimming over section from Creation to Expulsion in just six scenes, but then devoting 14 scenes to the lives of Adam and Eve and their offspring. The shooting of Cain by his descendent Lamech occurs in several Genesis cycles - but the building of the first city (named Enoch after the son of Cain - Gen 4:17) is very rare indeed.