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St. John Window: Sticks and Stones
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According to the Golden Legend, two rich young men were inspired by John to give all their money to the poor. But then they saw their former servants dressed beautifully while they wore rags, and they began to regret it. So John made pebbles into gems and sticks into gold and told them: "Go and buy back the land you have sold, because you have lost the riches of heaven!". On the right, one of the men shows the miraculous gold to a goldsmith, who declares it is the most precious he has ever seen. Detail of the St. John Window in the south nave aisle, which illustrates the legend of St. John the Evangelist, a.k.a. St. John the Divine. It dates from the early 13th century.
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