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Title:Fall of the Idols
Notes:Quatrefoil on the western exterior representing an apocryphal legend from Jesus' childhood during the Holy Family's sojourn in Egypt, according to which Jesus' entry into an Egyptian temple causes numerous idols to fall to the ground (Pseudo-Matthew, ch. 23-24).

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:Idols
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:73B6421
Index of Christian Art Number:20 A51 CND 14W,002 K2

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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
Copyright Permission:Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Attribution:Fall of the Idols, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29268 [retrieved April 25, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:29268 Last Updated: 2022-06-19 18:01:23 Record Created: 2003-04-26 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition