Laon; Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ; Death, Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin; trumeau, lintel, tympanum, and the left jamb figures of the center portal, west facade (Coronation Portal).
 
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Title:Laon; Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ; Death, Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin; trumeau, lintel, tympanum, and the left jamb figures of the center portal, west facade (Coronation Portal)
Notes:The trumeau depicts the Virgin and the Child (JTW). On the tympanum, the crowned Mary sits opposite her son, surrounded by two angels standing and holding censors and two kneeling. The lintel shows Mary's death and burial. [Martinet 7]

Digitized from the slide collection of James T. Womack, Nashville, TN.

Date:1155
Building:Cathédrale de Laon
City/Town:Laon
Country:France

Person as Subject:Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
General Subject:Coronation of the Virgin
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Laon -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:73E7
11F41

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Attribution:Laon; Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ; Death, Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin; trumeau, lintel, tympanum, and the left jamb figures of the center portal, west facade (Coronation Portal), from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=27255 [retrieved March 29, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:27255 Last Updated: 2022-06-19 17:26:18 Record Created: 2002-08-01 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition

Bibliographic Source:Martinet, Suzanne. Laon Cathedral. [Laon, France]: Impr. du Courrier de l'Aisne, 1989.