Canterbury Cathedral Stained Glass

Christ Leading the Gentiles

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Medieval stained glass panel depicting an unusual and interesting scene: Christ as Redeemer, leading the Gentiles away from pagan gods to the Church. Right panel in the second register of the Second Typological Window (n. XV, 34; c.1180 AD).

The people are shown moving away from a naked pagan statue with horns, some of them looking back in indecision, to an altar with a cross and a baptismal font in the foreground. Overhead, a flying demon tries to move them back towards the statue.

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