| Title: | Marriage of Jacob and Rachel - Santa Maria Maggiore |
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| Notes: | This image is often used as a prefigurement of the Eucharist, and the priestly designation of Christ, as mentioned in Hebrews. Note Melchizedek's dress, and Christ's signal of favor towards Melchizedek, not Abraham |
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| Date: | 432 |
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| Building: | Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
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| Object/Function: | Mosaic |
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| Material: | Glass |
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| City/Town: | Rome
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| Country: | Italy
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| Scripture: | Genesis 29:15-28
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| Person as Subject: | Jacob (Biblical figure)
Rachel (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | AProp12
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| General Subject: | Marriage
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| Permalink: |
https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54012
(Use this link to refer back to this image.)
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| Copyright Source: | Prof. Lee M. Jefferson, lee.jefferson@centre.edu |
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| Copyright Permission: | Donor must be contacted for permission. |
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| Attribution: | Marriage of Jacob and Rachel - Santa Maria Maggiore, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54012 [retrieved September 25, 2023]. Original source: Prof. Lee M. Jefferson, lee.jefferson@centre.edu. |
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| Record Number: | 54012
Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:24:09
Record Created: 2008-07-08 09:42:58 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Unit:
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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