Dramatically depicting more than 400 scenes from the Old and New Testaments, 3,650 fig?­ures present a magnificent pageant of the customs and costumes of the era of Francois I. Among the panels of Cain and Abel, Abraham and Isaac, Jesus and Mary ' all very Flemish figures ' are carvings of a Picardy baker, dairymaid, fruitmonger, and laundress.
There are more than 3,650 figures.