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Ecclesia and Synagoga
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Ecclesia and Synagoga, or Ecclesia et Synagoga in Latin, meaning "Church and Synagogue", are a pair of figures personifying the Church and the Jewish synagogue, that is to say Judaism, found in mediev
The original Ecclesia and Synagoga from the portal of Strasbourg Cathedral, now in the museum and replaced by replicas
The original Ecclesia and Synagoga from the portal of Strasbourg Cathedral, now in the museum and replaced by replicas
The first appearance of Ecclesia and Synagoga (as an old man) in the Drogo Sacramentary, c. 830
The first appearance of Ecclesia and Synagoga (as an old man) in the Drogo Sacramentary, c. 830
Ecclesia, left, with chalice, and Synagoga, right, blindfold, turned away and dropping her crown. She is also holding a Ram's head, a symbol of Jewish
Ecclesia, left, with chalice, and Synagoga, right, blindfold, turned away and dropping her crown. She is also holding a Ram's head, a symbol of Jewish sacrificial practices and attachment to the flesh, in a Crucifixion from a German psalter, c. 1260
Synagoga from the 13th-century pair at Bamberg Cathedral
Synagoga from the 13th-century pair at Bamberg Cathedral
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The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art mo
Ecclesia and Synagoga
…woman and untrustworthiness. If not blindfolded, Synagoga usually looks down. Other elements suggest defeat. Ecclesia has an earlier history, and in medieval art Synagoga occasionally appears alone in various contexts, for example on the Cloisters Cross, but the pair, or Ecclesia by herself, are far more common…
Byzantine Church mosaics, Monreale, Sicily, late 12th century
Byzantine Church mosaics, Monreale, Sicily, late 12th century
Detail of The Effects of Good Government, a fresco in the City Hall of Siena by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338.
Detail of The Effects of Good Government, a fresco in the City Hall of Siena by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338.
Scenes of courtly love on a lady's ivory mirror-case. Paris, 1300–1330.
Scenes of courtly love on a lady's ivory mirror-case. Paris, 1300–1330.
The jewelled cover of the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c. 870, a Carolingian Gospel book.
The jewelled cover of the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram, c. 870, a Carolingian Gospel book.