The Rood Screen at Venice's "Frari" Church: Detail, Enoch

1475
Marble

Like the other panels, this one uses a banderole to identify the figure rather than an attribute. The ꝒP in the banderole is an abbreviation for "Propheta." Enoch was not a prophet, but probably the reason for his inclusion here was that he did "not see death" (Hebrews 11:5) but "was seen no more because God took him" (Genesis 5:24). In chapter 11 the author of Hebrews is explaining the power of faith, but Enoch's being taken up to Heaven is also an obvious foreshadowing of Christ's ascension.

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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.