The Ancestry of Christ


II. The Genealogy of Christ In the two domes of the inner narthex 7. Southern dome: in the crown a medallion of Christ Pantocrator and in the lutes two rows of his ancestors, from Adam to Jacob in the upper zone, in the lower the 12 sons of Jacob and some others. 8. Northern dome: in the crown a medallion of the Blessed Virgin with the Christ child; below in the upper zone 16 kings of the house of David, in the lower 11 figures representing “other ancestors outside the genealogy”.