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Historical Archive: Pisa cathedral stained glass 1453-1454 and later mid-fifteenth-century Della Scarperia workshop: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, and Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi nave windows, in narrative sequences east to west Theological cosmography through Noah's Flood on south side Joseph distributes grain through wedding of Mary on north side Cain and Abel window now on north, originally on south side all panels shortened, fractures re-glued, with re-touching in grisaille Theological cosmography, after Piero di Puccio. 19th-c. restoration: lead strips widened, panel height and width reduced Creation of Adam, Creation of Eve. Restored 1960s. Temptation and Fall; Expulsion. Dimensions strongly reduced. Labors of Adam and Eve (grisaille preserved, glass reorganized); Cain and Abel offer sacrifices, God rebukes Cain Cain kills Abel (border from another window), God questions Cain (now on south wall). Restored 19th c. and 1982-87. Lamech kills Cain, Construction of the Ark. Some modern glass; face Lamech restored and repainted. Noah's Ark, Flood. Dimensions strongly reduced. Joseph distributes grain to his brothers; Moses receives tablets of the law Jacob receives food, Esau sells birthright; Esau requests blessing, Jacob awaits blessing. Late 15th c., restored 1982. Abraham and the heavenly visitors; Abraham and Isaac. Restored by U. De Matteis 1897: new heads, hands, feet. Construction and collapse of the Tower of Babel, late 15th c. poss. Joachim and Anna; marriage Joseph and Mary: constructed from upper parts of two late 14th-c. windows, recomposed in 16th c., restored 1976.