Title: | Adoration of the Child; Arrival of the Magi |
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Notes: | This particular sarcophagus is known as the Dogmatic Sarcophagus, or the "sarcophagus of the two Testaments." Typical of early Christian art, the Magi are depicted wearing Phrygian head coverings, emphasizing their status as foreigners. |
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Date: | 4th century |
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Building: | Vatican City. Direzione generale dei musei
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Object/Function: | Sarcophagus |
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Material: | Stone |
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City/Town: | Rome
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Country: | Italy
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Scripture: | Matthew 2:1-12
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Lectionary links: | AEpDy
BEpDy
CEpDy
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General Subject: | Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Child (Mary)
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ICONCLASS Number: | 73B57
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http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51281 (Use this link to refer back to this image.)
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Copyright Source: | Collection of J. Patout Burns and Robin M. Jensen |
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Copyright Permission: | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License. In short: you are free to use and to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license compatible with this one. For uses other than the above, contact the Divinity Library at divref@vanderbilt.edu. |
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Attribution: | Adoration of the Child; Arrival of the Magi, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51281 [retrieved January 20, 2021]. Original source: Collection of J. Patout Burns and Robin M. Jensen. |
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Record Number: | 51281
Last Updated: 2021-01-14 19:23:51
Record Created: 2007-05-18 00:00:00 |
Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |