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Jim Bugslag wrote: >Certainly a related image occurs in the stained glass window usually referred to as the Anagogical Window, or the Allegories of St Paul, in the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, dating from Suger's abbacy in the 1140s. One of the roundels depicts a chariot labelled as the Quadriga of Amminadab, with the four beasts of the Evangelists around it, and with, in the chariot, God the Father supporting the Crucified Christ in front of the veil of the temple. This typologically relates the Ark of the Covenant with the Altar of Christ.> There was a very good (and, who knows, perhaps even correct) paper given on this window two or three (oh Dog, 4 or 5?) years ago at Kalamazoo by a lady with whom I talked at some length later about geneological matters and whose name, naturally, I cannot recall. Perhaps someone else remembers it? In a session on St. Denis/Suger?? Sorry, but I'm far from my old zoo catalogues at present. BTW, Alan of Lille has an interesting allegorical chariot which might be of some comparative use? Best to all from here, Christopher ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%