| Title: | James the Great and the conversion of Hermogenes the Sorcerer |
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| Notes: | Painted screen sculpture in the niches in the south transept, depicting from left to right: 1) James preaching in Judea; 2) Philetus being released from Hermogenes' spell; 3) James commanding the demons; 4) the presentation of Hermogenes in chains, the handing over of the staff, and Philetus and Hermogenes in prayer. -- from The Golden Legend. Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1508-1519 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale d'Amiens
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| Object/Function: | Relief sculpture |
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| Material: | Mixed |
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| City/Town: | Amiens
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| Country: | France
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| Person as Subject: | Philetus (Biblical figure)
James the Elder, the Apostle (Biblical figure)
Hermogenes (legendary figure)
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| Lectionary links: | BXmas01
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| General Subject: | Demons
Conversion
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73F242
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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: | James the Great and the conversion of Hermogenes the Sorcerer, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29338 [retrieved October 30, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 29338
Last Updated: 2022-06-20 16:01:23
Record Created: 2003-04-26 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Chorschranke der Kathedrale von Amiens. Knipping, Detlef. Munchen: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2001. |
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