| Title: | John the Baptist's Warning about the impending judgment |
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| Notes: | From Daniel 4:14-15a -- "He called in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and trim of its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches. Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field..." See Viviano, B. (2000). The Least in the Kingdom : Matthew 11:11, Its Parallel in Luke 7:28 (Q), and Daniel 4:14. Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 62(1), 41-54, for an extensive analysis of the texts in relation to the Advent message. Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1220-1240 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale d'Amiens
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| Object/Function: | Relief sculpture |
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| Material: | Stone |
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| City/Town: | Amiens
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| Country: | France
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| Person as Subject: | John, the Baptist (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | AAdvt02
CAdvt03
AAdvt03
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| General Subject: | Tree
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| Index of Christian Art Number: | 20 A51 CND 14W,001 A4
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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: | John the Baptist's Warning about the impending judgment, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29456 [retrieved December 12, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 29456
Last Updated: 2022-06-20 18:58:14
Record Created: 2003-04-29 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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