Reims; Jesus Christ, pilgrims, angels, Emmaus, hell, Limbo; archivolts on the right side of the north portal, west facade.
 
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Title:Reims; Jesus Christ, pilgrims, angels, Emmaus, hell, Limbo; archivolts on the right side of the north portal, west facade
Notes:On archivolt 1 (innermost), from bottom up, an angel with a censor, Christ on the way to Emmaus; on archivolt 2, the resurrection of Christ, a pilgrim on the way to Emmaus (top half cut); on archivolt 3, a scene of hell, a pilgrim on the way to Emmaus (bottom third visible); on archivolt 4, Christ's descent to the Limbo; on archivolt 5, two angels holding crowns. [Kurmann plates 659, 636, 610, 589, 655, 658, 637, 660]

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

Date:1211
Building:Notre-Dame de Reims (Cathedral)
City/Town:Reims
Country:France

Scripture:Luke 24:13-49
Lectionary links:ARess
General Subject:Pilgrims
Emmaus: Road
Angels
Hell
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Reims -- Medieval, 500-1500

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Attribution:Reims; Jesus Christ, pilgrims, angels, Emmaus, hell, Limbo; archivolts on the right side of the north 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=27129 [retrieved November 11, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:27129 Last Updated: 2022-06-19 16:17:58 Record Created: 2002-08-01 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition

Bibliographic Source:Kurmann, Peter, and Alain Villes. Reims, la cathédrale Notre-Dame. Paris: Monum, 2001.