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Title:Personification of Chastity
Notes:Quatrefoil on the western exterior depicting Chastity holding a palm and a shield on which is the phoenix on a flaming nest (meaning resurrection).

Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN.

Date:1220-1240
Building:Cathédrale d'Amiens
Object/Function:Relief sculpture
Material:Stone
City/Town:Amiens
Country:France
General Subject:Chastity
Phoenix
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:33C8120
Index of Christian Art Number:20 A51 CND 14W,002 F2
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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
Copyright Permission:Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Attribution:Personification of Chastity, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29227 [retrieved June 2, 2023]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:29227 Last Updated: 2022-06-19 17:50:56 Record Created: 2003-04-26 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Unit: Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition