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  • Northwest bay

    Plan, northwest bay.

    Scenes 3-10.

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    • Northwest bay arcades.

      The blind arcade frames the canons' seats and continues around chapter house to west bay entrance.

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      • Northwest bay arcades and Old Testament sculpture.

        The spandrels formed by the arches contain scenes of Creation, third through seventh Day, and four scenes from the Adam and Eve cycle from the Injunction to the Hiding in the Garden and Sentencing.

        • Northwest bay with 19th c. polychromy.

          19th century polychromy removed c. 1905. Details of the Creation and Adam and Eve cycles. Photo, courtesy of the late Canon Dawson.

        • Third day of Creation.

          Spandrel I, northwest bay.

          • Diagram, restorations to the third day of Creation.

        • Sixth day of Creation.

          Spandrel IV, northwest bay.

          • Diagram, restorations to the sixth day of Creation.

        • The Fall, northwest bay.

        • Capital no. 7, blind arcade, northwest bay.

          Showing stiff leaf foliage.

        • Capital no. 8, blind arcade, northwest bay.

          Showing stiff leaf foliage inhabited by two birds.