Litz's Fotothing

....................ORVIETO..............
************** DUOMO/// THE CATHEDRAL**********

...Main facade...Bas-reliefs of the 2nd pier: The Scene of the Old Testament referring in particular to the messianic prophesies. At the center the tree of Jesse( with the genealogy of Jesus Christ). In the small central ovals, six prophets, beginning with David with the Psalter, above the Virgin Mary, Blessing Christ and John the Baptist. From bottom up again, Adam sephulchral urn; Gideon's fleece; Balaam's prophecy- destruction of Jerusalem; Balaam's ass; Israel in Eygypt; The world melting the ice, The Waters of Redeemption; Nabuchadnezzar's dream; Ezekiel's vision; Isaiah's prophecy; The Foundation stone; Zechariah's vision; Micah's prophecy; The Truth and Justice; Moses on Sinai; Prophecy of the Ctrucifixion; and the Angel greeting Mary as prefiguration of the Annunciation,