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| http://www.nltaylor.net/medievalia/jesse/TreeofJesse.html Romanesque Trees of Jesse Trees of Jesse flourished in the early twelfth century as a motif to illustrate the beginning of the New Testament (Matthew 1), tracing Jesus' descent from King David and 'Jesse's Seed'. This is one of a whole host of visual motifs which proliferated in the Romanesque era to decorate churches, manuscripts, tombs, and educate even the non-literate in the stories and patterns of Bible lore. |
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