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Source Description
This plaque was once part of an altar cross on which a series of images illustrated Old Testament events (such as Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac) foreshadowing the Crucifixion. It depicts a vision of the prophet Ezekiel, who saw all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, except for those righteous ones whose foreheads had been marked with a sign, punished by death for their sins. According to the Latin text of the Bible used during the Middle Ages, this sign was T-shaped.
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Document identity
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13797
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Ezekiel's Vision of the Sign ""Tau"" (Ezekiel IX:2-7)
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Source metadata
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13797
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normalized
title
Ezekiel's Vision of the Sign ""Tau"" (Ezekiel IX:2-7)
description
This plaque was once part of an altar cross on which a series of images illustrated Old Testament events (such as Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac) foreshadowing the Crucifixion. It depicts a vision of the prophet Ezekiel, who saw all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, except for those righteous ones whose foreheads had been marked with a sign, punished by death for their sins. According to the Latin text of the Bible used during the Middle Ages, this sign was T-shaped.
provenance
Chigi Collection, Rome; Ettore Sestieri, Rome, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, New York, by purchase; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 14, 1949, no. 709; Walters Art Museum, May 14, 1949, by purchase.
date
mid 12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Enamels
plaques
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
7.5
height
5.5
dimensionsRaw
2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in. (7.5 x 5.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Mosan
style
Romanesque
inscriptions
Vir vestit(us) lineis cum at(ra)mentario: ""A man clothed with linen with a writer's inkhorn.""Non signati pereu(n)t: ""Those who do not bear the sign (T) perish.""Tau crucis est signum sed magno nomine dignum / Nam premit interitum quod crucis est mertum: ""T is the symbol of the cross and
as such
worthy of great name / Since it conquers death
a virtue that belongs to the cross.""
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champlevé enamel, copper gilt
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6505
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MED
exhibition_ids
1957
246
2752
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1
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0
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photo
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