William Butterfield's Mosaics in Keble College Chapel, Oxford

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• The Sacrifice of Isaac flanked by two scenes with Priests and altars
• Three panels, each depicting an Old Testament type (or prefiguration) of Christ
• Moses bringing the Ten Commandments
• The brazen serpent
• Moses striking the rock
• Three panels, each depicting an Old Testament type (or prefiguration) of Christ: The Annunciation, Nativity, and Baptism of Christ
• The Crucifixion
• Disciples, Saints, and Martyrs
• St. Peter and other Disciples, Saints, and Martyrs
• God as Alpha and Omega
• Saints, Martyrs and Fathers of the Church, including St. Christopher, an author of one of the gospels, and St. Cecilia (patron saint of music

• Saints, Martyrs and Fathers of the Church, including St. Francis
• The Resurrection
• The Last Judgment
• The Central panel (click twice to enlarge it)
• The damned being driven to the eternal fire (panel to the right of the central resurrection)
• The saved (panel to the left of the central resurrection
• The Story of Joseph
• Joseph sold into slavery
• Joseph's dream
• Joseph's merciful revelation of himself to his brothers
• Two angels

Bibliography

“Know Your Saints: How to Identify the Saints in Art.” www.sacred-destinations.com. Web. 26 August 2012.

Thompson, Paul. William Butterfield, Victorian Architect. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1971.

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