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Title:St. Savin - March of the Children of Israel Toward the Promised Land
Notes:Fresco on the lower north register of the nave, depicting the children of Israel, led by Moses (on the right), marching toward the promised land guided by the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, while an angel of God protects them in the rear.

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

Date:1040-1090
Building:Abbaye de Saint-Savin
City/Town:Vienne
Country:France
Person as Subject:Moses (Biblical figure)
General Subject:Exodus
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:71E1212
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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
Copyright Permission:Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Attribution:St. Savin - March of the Children of Israel Toward the Promised Land, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33359 [retrieved April 25, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:33359 Last Updated: 2022-06-20 19:06:41 Record Created: 2003-10-15 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition
Bibliographic Source:Abbey of Saint-Savin, Vienne. Riou, Yves-Jean. Inventaire general, 1993.