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Record Number: 29460 Author(s)/Creator(s): Rowe , Nina, Contributor(s): Title: Rethinking "Ecclesia" and "Synagoga" in the Thirteenth Century [The author argues that the representation of "Synagoga" in the sculptural programs at Bamberg, Reims, and Strasbourg was meant to project a view of Judaism as subordinate to "Ecclesia" triumphant and to the kingly rulers on the portals. Title note suppl Source: Gothic Art and Thought in the Later Medieval Period: Essays in Honor of Willibald Sauerländer.  Edited by Colum Hourihane.  Index of Christian Art, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University in association with Penn State University Press, 2011.  Pages 264 - 291. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Art History- Sculpture Bamberg- Bayern- Germany- Cathedral Cathedrals Ecclesia, Image of Jews Personification Politics in Art Reims- Marne- France- Cathedral Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France- Cathedral Synagoga Allegorical Figure for the Old Law and Award Note: Geographic Area: France ; Germany Century: 13 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Fifteen figures. Figure One Ecclesia statue (Reims, Reims Cathedral, South Façade). Figure Two Synagoga statue (Reims, Reims Cathedral, South Façade). Figure Three Ecclesia statue (Bamberg Cathedral, north façade) Figure Four Synagoga statue (Bamberg Cath Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Ecclesia, Bamberg Cathedral (Wikimedia Commons)

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