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  • Northeast bay

    Plan, northeast bay.

    Scenes 19-26.

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    • Northeast bay arcades.

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      • North and northeast bay spandrels.

        Spandrels contain three final scenes from the Noah cycle and seven scenes from the lives of Abraham and Lot.

      • Detail, the Drunkenness of Noah.

        Thirteenth-century head of Ham at left. Spandrel I, northeast bay.

      • Abraham offering hospitality to the Three Angels.

        Spandrel III, northeast bay.

        • Detail, the Three Angels.

          From scene in which Abraham offers them his hospitality.

        • Diagram, restorations to Abraham offering hospitality to Three Angels.

      • Abraham entertaining the Three Angels (left).

        The fall of Sodom and Gomorrah (right)

        • Pre-restoration engraving, Abraham entertaining the angels.

          Spandrel V, northeast bay. T. Baxter, del. and J. LeKeux, sculp. Published by J. Britton, 1841.

      • Lot and daughters fleeing Sodom, with wife turning into pillar of salt.

        Spandrel V, northeast bay.

        • Detail, Lot and his daughters fleeing Sodom.

        • Diagram, restorations to Lot and his daughters fleeing Sodom.

      • Head, chapter house label stop, northeast bay, no. 4.