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PLATE XXVIII.

THE SEVEN GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.
Fig. 5. An example of the Six Doves, the place of the seventh being occupied by the figure of
Christ, who is in the act of blessing, and holding the Globe in His hand; each Dove has
the nimbus as well as the aureole. From a painted window in the Cathedral of
Chartres; 13th century. (15.)
6. This figure appears to represent the Church; she stands by the side of the Sepulchre from
which Christ is rising, and opposite to her is a Bishop : she holds a book and a cup in her
hands, the frequent emblems of the Church. From a French MS. of the 13th century
(Brit. Mus.).
7. Here the Seven Doves belong exclusively to the Virgin, who holds one of them in her
hand; each is enclosed in an aureole, and the whole in the Vesica Piscis. From a MS.
of the 13th century, called the Bestiarium, in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and this
example forms part of a chapter on the nature of Doves.
8. The Doves are without nimbus or aureole, and appear flying towards the Infant Jesus,
whom the Virgin holds in her arms. From a French MS. of the 14th century (Bib.
Nat.). (15.)