| Title: | St. Savin - Christ of Parousia and the Visions of Apocalypse |
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| Notes: | Frescos on the tympanum and vault of the porch. On the tympanum (far back) is depicted a tall and nimbused figure of Christ of Parousia sitting on a throne in a circle of glory and flanked by angels carrying the instruments of Passion, notably one on the left carrying the cross. On the vault, the wall-arch (middle) depicts 12 angels and 12 apostles each in groups of four, while the second bay (foreground) illustrates several visions of Apocalypse Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1040-1090 |
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| Building: | Abbaye de Saint-Savin
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| City/Town: | Vienne
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| Country: | France
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| Scripture: | Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21
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| Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | CEast07
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| General Subject: | Parousia
Apocalypse: Revelation
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 11U1
73G
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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: | St. Savin - Christ of Parousia and the Visions of Apocalypse, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33113 [retrieved March 19, 2025]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 33113
Last Updated: 2022-06-20 19:00:09
Record Created: 2003-10-06 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Abbey of Saint-Savin, Vienne. Riou, Yves-Jean. Inventaire general, 1993. |
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