Zechariah naming John the Baptist.
 
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Title:Zechariah naming John the Baptist
Notes:Painted medallion on the choir-screen, northside, depicting Zacharias writing the name of John the Baptist on a writing tablet as John was presented for circumcision

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

Date:1508-1519
Building:Cathédrale d'Amiens
Object/Function:Relief sculpture
Material:Mixed
City/Town:Amiens
Country:France

Scripture:Luke 1:57-80
Person as Subject:Elizabeth (Biblical figure)
Zechariah, (Biblical figure, New Testament)
John, the Baptist (Biblical figure)
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:73A141

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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
Copyright Permission:Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Attribution:Zechariah naming John the Baptist, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29355 [retrieved December 11, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:29355 Last Updated: 2022-06-20 16:05:42 Record Created: 2003-04-26 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition

Bibliographic Source:Chorschranke der Kathedrale von Amiens. Knipping, Detlef. Munchen: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2001.