|
| Title: | Laon; Last Judgment, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, St. Michael, Abraham; archivolts, lintel, tympanum and jamb figures of the south portal, west facade (Last Judgment Portal) |
|---|
| Notes: | On the tympanum, Christ, seated in the center, shows his wounds, and angels carry the cross, nails and Crown of Thorns behind him. On his left is the Virgin, hands clasped and wearing shoes, and on both sides are the apostles, barefoot. Underneath these all are depicted the dead rising again. On the lintel (on the right side), St Michael, with his wings spread out, drives off those doomed to hell: (from left to right) a king, a bishop, an abbot, a nun and a miser, all seized by the Devil. On the left side angels welcome the elect, barefoot and dressed only in their shirts (except one young monk). The archivolts depict angels sounding their trumpets, carrying babies to Abraham's bosom, and giving out crowns to the blessed. On the topmost arch Christ calls from the temple door to the virtuous virgins with lighted lamps, while the foolish virgins, with their lamps spilled, find the temple door shut. [Martinet 6-7] Digitized from the slide collection of James T. Womack, Nashville, TN. |
|---|
| Date: | 1155 |
|---|
| Building: | Cathédrale de Laon
|
|---|
| City/Town: | Laon
|
|---|
| Country: | France
|
|---|
|
| Scripture: | Matthew 25:31-46
|
|---|
| Lectionary links: | ANYDy
|
|---|
| General Subject: | Last Judgment
Angels
|
|---|
| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Laon -- Medieval, 500-1500
|
|---|
| ICONCLASS Number: | 11U1
73C841
|
|---|
|
| Permalink: |
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=27257
(Use this link to refer back to this image.)
|
|---|
|
| Copyright Source: | image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson |
|---|
| Copyright Permission: | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
|---|
| Attribution: | Laon; Last Judgment, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, St. Michael, Abraham; archivolts, lintel, tympanum and jamb figures of the south portal, west facade (Last Judgment 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=27257 [retrieved January 21, 2025]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
|---|
| Record Number: | 27257
Last Updated: 2022-06-19 17:26:48
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. |
|---|
|
|---|
