| Title: | Scenes from the Life of Christ on Italo-Byzantine Ivory Plaque (Top Right) |
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| Notes: | Top right section of the life of Christ depicted on an Italo-Byzantine (Venetian?) ivory plaque, showing Mary reclining after having given birth to Jesus, surrounded by shepherd and watched over by angels, while women (midwives?) bathe the baby Jesus with Joseph sitting nearby. |
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| Building: | Victoria and Albert Museum
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| Material: | Ivory |
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| City/Town: | London
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| Country: | United Kingdom
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| Scripture: | Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)
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| Lectionary links: | ANatv
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| General Subject: | Nativity
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Italy -- Venice -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73B1
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| Permalink: |
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33854
(Use this link to refer back to this image.)
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| Copyright Source: | Prof. Patout J. Burns |
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| Copyright Permission: | Permission for non-commercial use with the attribution |
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| Attribution: | Scenes from the Life of Christ on Italo-Byzantine Ivory Plaque (Top Right), from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33854 [retrieved January 22, 2025]. Original source: Prof. Patout J. Burns. |
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| Record Number: | 33854
Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:52:37
Record Created: 2003-12-02 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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