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| 21. | b. | Under the gourd. A small grasshopper-like beast gnawing the gourd stem. I should like to know what insects do attack the Amiens gourds. This may be an entomological study, for aught we know. |
| 22. Micah. | ||
| To the front. | ||
| 22, | a. | The Tower of the Flock (iv. 8).
The tower is wrapped in clouds, God appearing above it. |
| 22, | b. | Each shall rest and "none shall make them afraid" (iv. 4).
A man and his wife "under his vine and fig-tree." |
| Inside Porch. | ||
| 22, | c. | "Swords into ploughshares " (iv. 3).
Nevertheless, two hundred years after these medallions were cut, the sword manufacture had become a staple in Amiens! Not to her advantage. |
| 22, | d. | "Spears into pruning-hooks" (iv. 3). |
| 23. Nahum. | ||
| Inside Porch. | ||
| 23, | a. | "None shall look back" (ii. 8). |
| 23, | b. | The Burden of Nineveh (i. 1).[1] |
- ↑ The statue of the prophet, above, is the grandest of the entire series; and note especially the "diadema" of his own luxuriant hair
