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JESSE , in the See also:Bible, the See also:father of See also:David (q.v.), and as such often regarded as the first in, the See also:genealogy of Jesus See also:Christ (cf. Isa.. xi. 1, to). Hence the phrase " See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree of Jesse " is applied to a See also:design representing the descent of Jesus from the royal See also:line of David, formerly a favourite ecclesiastical See also:ornament. From a recumbent figure of Jesse springs a tree bearing in its branches the, See also:chief figures in the line of descent, and terminating in the figure of Jesus, or of the Virgin and See also:Child. There are remains of such a tree in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary at See also:Abergavenny, carved in See also:wood, and supposed to have once stood behind the high See also:altar. Jesse candelabra were also made. At See also:Laon and See also:Amiens there are sculptured Jesses over the central See also:west doorways of the cathedrals. The design was chiefly used in windows. The See also:great See also:east window at See also:Wells and the window at the west end of the See also:nave at See also:Chartres are See also:fine examples. There is a 16th-See also:century Jesse window from Mechlin in St See also:George's, See also:Hanover Square, See also:London. The Jesse window in the See also:choir of See also:Dorchester See also:Abbey, See also:Oxfordshire, is remarkable in that the tree forms the central See also:mullion, and many of the figures are represented as statuettes on the branches of the upper See also:tracery; other figures are in the stained See also:glass; the whole gives a beautiful example of the See also:combination of glass and carved stonework in one design.
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