Stained glass window, Ambulatory, Bourges Cathedral

The father attempts to reconcile the 2 sons by bringing their hands together, telling the eldest, Is thine eye evil, because I am good?, a direct allusion to the reconciliation of the peoples, from the stained glass window of the Prodigal Son, 1215-25, in bay 5, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13436925

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45123235

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5906px x 3573px (6.4MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen