The Priest Aaron, ca. 1170, Made in Noyon, Picardy (Oise), French, Limestone, Overall: 50 x 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (127 x 41.9 x 34.3 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This sculpture of Aaron and the opposite figure of Moses form part of a rare ensemble of key figures from the Hebrew Bible. They symbolically prefigure the redemption offered through the sacrificial death of Christ, and with other statues originally flanked an enthroned Virgin and Child that still survives in the Gothic cathedral at Noyon
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Priest Aaron, ca, 1170, Noyon, Picardy, Oise, French, Limestone, Overall, 50 x 16 1/2 13 1/2, 127 41.9 34.3 cm, Sculpture-Stone, sculpture, Aaron, opposite figure, Moses form, part, rare ensemble, key figures, Hebrew Bible, symbolically prefigure, redemption offered, sacrificial death, Christ, statues originally, flanked, enthroned Virgin, Child, survives, Gothic cathedral
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