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Laon Cathedral; Coronation, Death, and Assumption of the Virgin, Tree of Jesse, Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, Jesse, David, Bathesheba; the tympanum and archivolts of the center portal, west facade (the Coronation Portal)

Contributing Institution:	Vanderbilt University Divinity Library
Description:	On the tympanum, Virgin Mary, crowned, sits opposite her son, surrounded by two angels standing and holding censors and two others kneeling. The lintel shows Mary's death and burial. JPG file (322 KB)

Laon Cathedral; Coronation, Death, and Assumption of the Virgin, Tree of Jesse, Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, Jesse, David, Bathesheba; the trumeau, lintel, tympanum, archivolts and embrasures of the center portal, west facade (the Coronation Portal)

Contributing Institution: Vanderbilt University Divinity Library

Description: Womack, James, photographer

Laon Cathedral; Tree of Jesse, Virgin Mary, Jesus Chris, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, David, angels, prophets; the archivolts above the left jamb figures of the center portal, west facade (the Coronation Portal)

Contributing Institution:	Vanderbilt University Divinity Library
Description:	The archivolts depict angels carrying Virgin's possessions, the Tree of Jesse and the prophets who announced the birth of Christ. [Martinet 7] The jamb figures are, from left to right, Abraham, Moses, Samuel and David. JPG file (297 KB)