Noah's Sacrifice. Designed by William Butterfield. Tile painting, interior of the Church of St. Augustine Queen's Gate, Queensgate Mews, Kensington, Greater London SW7 5JE. Noah's sacrifice in thanks to God for saving him and his family is another conventional type, which often appears with the rainbow — a covenant sign or contract that God would never again destroy humankind by water.

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