| Title: | Jesus visits his mother, Mary, and the Assumption of Mary |
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| Notes: | A section from the renowned oak woodcarvings in the choirstall area of the Cathedral of Amiens, 1508-1519. "The texts of the Assumption [of Mary, the mother of Jesus] apocrypha fall into two principal forms. In the Coptic form, Jesus appears to Mary before the Apostles have left on their missionary work and informs her of her imminent death and assumption." (Johnson, 27) Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1508-1519 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale d'Amiens
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| Object/Function: | Relief sculpture |
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| Material: | Wood |
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| City/Town: | Amiens
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| Country: | France
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| Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
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| General Subject: | Assumption of Mary
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73E42
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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: | Jesus visits his mother, Mary, and the Assumption of Mary, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51554 [retrieved April 23, 2024]. Original source: Image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 51554
Last Updated: 2022-06-19 16:06:41
Record Created: 2007-06-08 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Saint Michael the Archangel in medieval English legend |
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| Author: | Johnson, Richard Freeman |
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| Publisher: | Boydell Press |
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| Date: | 2005 |
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