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The Iconography of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling
08/1988 | 1025 | 130
Pages: 597-605
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Author:
Bull, Malcolm (Bull, Malcolm)
Subjects
artists:
Michelangelo
buildings:
Cappella Sistina, Palazzo del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
dates:
1500-1549
places:
Italy / Rome
sources:
Joachim of Fiore, ca. 1132-1202
subjects:
Italian painting / Iconography
subjects:
Chapels / Ceilings
subjects:
Bible stories / Prophets / Sibyls
subjects:
Jewish iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
28. The Concords of Persons, Liber Figurarum. [by Joachim of Fiore] MS Oxford C. C. C. 255A fol. 13v. [Oxford Bodleian Library]
Attributed works:
29. The Pavimentum Figure, Liber Concordiae. [Joachim of Fiore] MS Corsini 41, fol.26v. [Rome Biblioteca Vaticana]
Attributed works:
30. Figure of the Seven Estates, Liber Figurarum [by Joachim of Fiore]. MS Oxford C. C. C. 255A, fol.8v. [Oxford, Bodleian Library]
Attributed works:
31. Circles, Liber Concordiae. [by Joachim of Fiore] MS Corsini 41, fol.22xa. [Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana]
Attributed works:
31a. [transcription in current alphabet of Circles, Liber Concordiae. by Joachim of Fiore, MS Corsini 41, fol.22xa., Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana]
Western art unattributed:
26. Diagram of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling; The Subjects of the Medallions Are: 1. The Sacrifice of Abraham 2. The Ascension of Elijah 3. The Death of Absalom 4. Blank 5. Alexander Kneels before the High Priest. 6. The Punishment of Nicanor 7. The Chastisement of Heliodorus 8. The Destruction of the Idol. 9. Joab Murders Abner. 10. Joram Thrown from Naboth's Vineyard.