On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 5:00 AM, Gordon Plumb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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In the West the tradition is to represent the Resurrection by Christ rising from the tomb. In the Eastern Church the events of Holy Saturday, the Descent into Limbo or the Harrowing of Hell, take pride of place. The account of this event can be found in the apocryphal accounts of Christ's descent into Hell (conveniently translated in "The Apocryphal New Testament:an Account of Apocryphal Christian Literature in English Translation based on M. R. James, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1993, pp. 185-204).

The Daily Office for Holy Saturday contains a reading from an ancient Christian writer on the Descent of Christ to Hell and the freeing of Adam.

Here are some glass images of The Harrrowing of Hell:

Bourges, Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Bay 6, Harrowing of Hell, c.1210-15:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/2335262384

Tours Cathedral, Bay 2, Harrowing of Hell, c.1250:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/14990930723

Tours Cathedral, Bay 200, Harrowing of Hell (lower row, centre and right-hand panels) , 3rd qr. 13thc.:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/15337948748

Messingham, All Saints, East window, 1c, Harrowing of Hell, c.1340-50:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/8586518398

York, All Saints Pavement, wI, 4c, Harrowing of Hell c.1370:

Thorney, Abbey Church of St Mary & St Botolph, nV, 1c, Harrowing of Hell:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/14990930723

Thorney, Abbey Church of St Mary & St Botolph, nV, 1c, Harrowing of Hell late 15thC from Cologne:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/14990930723

St Kew, church of St Kew, nIII, 1c, Harrowing of Hell 15thC.:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/5074799112

Stamford, Burghley House, Great Hall, South window, 5c, Harrowing of Hell, originally from Tattershall, Lincolnshire:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/8832234482/

and detail:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/8832249634

Great Malvern Priory, Worcestershire, nVI, Harrowing of Hell, 15thC:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/15138835709

Hingham, St Andrew, Norfolk, East window, 2e, c.1535:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22274117@N08/2251228902

Gordon Plumb
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