Title: | Chartres Cathedral; Life of Mary, the mother of Jesus; lower lintel, right portal, west facade |
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Notes: | Detail of lintel of the Mary portal, depicting scenes from life of Mary. From left: annunciation by angel Gabriel, visitation (Mary and Elizabeth), and nativity.The signs of the zodiac represent the passage of celestial time, and in the 12th century they began to be used in French church portals, accompanied by the labors of the months, which represented the passage of terrestrial time.Third Sunday in Advent, Year A:This image is of the Annunciation and Visitation, and it specifically connects with the lectionary reading of the Magnificat in Luke. Digitized from the slide collection of James T. Womack, Nashville, TN. |
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Date: | 1145 |
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Building: | Cathédrale de Chartres
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City/Town: | Chartres
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Country: | France
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Scripture: | Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:39-57
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Person as Subject: | Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
Elizabeth (Biblical figure)
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Lectionary links: | BAdvt04
AVis
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General Subject: | Annunciation to Mary
Visitation
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Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
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ICONCLASS Number: | 73A52
73A6
73B13
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Index of Christian Art Number: | 20 C48 CND 14W,001 C1
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=26354 (Use this link to refer back to this image.)
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Copyright Source: | image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson |
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Copyright Permission: | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
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Attribution: | Chartres Cathedral; Life of Mary, the mother of Jesus; lower lintel, right portal, west facade, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=26354 [retrieved November 13, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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Record Number: | 26354
Last Updated: 2022-06-17 14:16:11
Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00 |
Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |