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Iconographical Key The panels marked in yellow are  nineteenth restorations. The panels marked in red  contain some twelfth-century glass. (See below for  diagrams) A-6 Kneeling Angel B-6 Death of the Virgin C-6 Kneeling Angel A-5 Mary B-5 Boy Jesus in the Temple C-5 Joseph A-4 Massacre of the Innocents B-4 Flight to Egypt C-4 Massacre of the Innocents A-3 Dream of the Magi B-3 The Magi  C-3 Adoration of the Magi A-2 Annunciation to the Shepherds B-2 Nativity C-2 Presentation at the Temple A-1 Visitation B-1 Annunciation C-1 Joseph and Angel (Hidden by later altarpiece)

Extant Twelfth Century Panels

Original	Restoration Diagram Shaded areas are restorations.
ANNUNCIATIONClick here for a screen-sized version. Click here for a large "Archive Version".	Based on Grodecki (1976), fig. 70.
Click here for a screen-sized version. Click here for a large "Archive Version".	Shaded areas are restorations. Based on Grodecki (1976), fig. 77.

Other extant fragments:

• Herod Receives the Magi: Champs-sur-Marne, Dépôt des Monuments Historiques (Grodecki [1976], figs. 83-85) Magi before Herod: Champs-sur-Marne, Dépôt des Monuments Historiques (Grodecki [1976], figs. 86-87)
• Flight to Egypt: Raymond Pitcairn Collection, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, O3.SG.114

Radiance and Reflection no. 25
• Flight to Egypt: Wilton, England, Parish Church (Grodecki [1976], figs. 93-95) Virgin and Child (Part of the Adoration of the Magi): Wilton, England, Parish Church ((Grodecki [1976], figs. 96-97) Shepherds go to Bethlehem: Norwich, D. King Collection (Grodecki [1976], figs. 98-99) Fragment of Presentation at the Temple: Wilton, England, Parish Church (Grodecki [1976], figs. 100-01) Presentation at the Temple: Twycross, England, Parish Church (Grodecki [1976], figs. 88-89) People of Soutine or Arrival in Egypt: Wilton, England, Parish Church (Grodecki [1976], figs. 102-03)
• Prophet Jeremiah: Glasgow, Burrell Collection

(Grodecki [1976], pl. VIII, figs. 90-92)

Location

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Comparative Material

Bibliography

Cothren, Michael. "A Re-Evaluation of the Iconography an d Design of the Infancy Window from the Abbey of Saint-Denis," Gesta 17 (1978), 74-75. The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis in the Time of Abbot Suger (1122-1151) (exhibition catalogue) (New York: The Cloisters), 1981, no. 13. Radiance and Reflection: Medieval Art from the Raymond Pitcairn Collection (exhibition catalogue), ed. Jane Hayward and Walter Cahn (New York: The Metropolitan Museum, 1982), no. 25. Cothren, Michael. "The Twelfth-Century Infancy of Christ Window from Saint-Denis: A Re-Evaluation of its Design and Iconography," Art Bulletin LXVIII (1986), 398-420.

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