Virgin, ca. 1250, Made in Strasbourg, Alsace, present-day France, German, Sandstone with original paint and gilding, Overall: 58 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 14 1/2in. (148.6 x 47 x 36.8cm), Sculpture-Stone, This sculpture originally stood high on the choir screen of Strasbourg Cathedral. Its place of honor near the center was marked by a canopy with angels holding a crown over the Virgin’s head. A rosebush stood next to Mary and the now-missing Child, linking Mary with Isaiah’s prophecy about the coming of the Messiah: 'And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root
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Virgin, ca, 1250, Strasbourg, Alsace, present-day France, German, Sandstone, original paint, gilding, Overall, 58 1/2 x 18 14 1/2in, 148.6 47 36.8cm, Sculpture-Stone, sculpture, originally, stood, high, choir screen, Strasbourg Cathedral, place, honor, center, marked, canopy, angels holding, crown, head, rosebush stood, next, Mary, now-missing Child, linking Mary, Isaiah, prophecy, coming, Messiah, shall come, forth, rod out, root, Jesse, flower shall, rise, up, out
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