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Portion of an Annunciation canopy or baldachin

A portion of a baldachin is a ceremonial canopy that hangs over an altar or throne, in this case it is carved wood with painted panels. The words Ave Maria Gratia Plena (Hail Mary, full of grace) are carved in openwork lettering below the main panel (seen here). The main painted panel (not shown here) shows the Annunciation (the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would…

Προβολή στον ιστότοπο του φορέα προέλευσης (ανοίγει σε νέο παράθυρο)

Δημιουργός

  • The Hunt Museum as part of the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project.

Θέμα

  • Cultural Heritage & History
  • Religious baldachin
  • Religious canopy
  • wood panel
  • Reading culture (lithurgical)
  • Reading culture (medieval)
  • Art of Reading in the Middle Ages
  • religious structures
  • shrines (structures)
  • Βωμός

Τύπος τεκμήριο

  • 3D