| Title: | Crozier Head with the Eagle of Saint John |
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| Notes: | "This crosier, possibly made in Sicily in the thirteenth century, is made of ivory with a depiction of an eagle set inside the crook...The sprouting curve ends in the head of a dragon, with his mouth open and ears flattened against his head...The eagle turns his head to confront the dragon eye to eye - a depiction of the power of the Word of God to conquer evil. "[from the Walters Art Museum] |
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| Date: | 13th century |
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| Building: | Walters Art Museum
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| Object/Function: | Carving |
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| Material: | Ivory |
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| City/Town: | Baltimore
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| State: | MD
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| Country: | United States
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| Scripture: | Jeremiah 23:23-29
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| Lectionary links: | CProp15
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| General Subject: | Word (The)
Eagle
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| Copyright Source: | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_-_Crozier_Head_with_the_Eagle_of_Saint_John_-_Walters_71300_-_View_E.jpg |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | Crozier Head with the Eagle of Saint John, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55555 [retrieved April 25, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italian_-_Crozier_Head_with_the_Eagle_of_Saint_John_-_Walters_71300_-_View_E.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 55555
Last Updated: 2021-01-13 20:30:17
Record Created: 2013-05-05 12:51:55 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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