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Keywords: Flemish - Ezekiel's Vision of the Sign "Tau" (Ezekiel IX -2-7) - Walters 44616.jpg This plaque was once part of an altar cross on which a series of images illustrated Old Testament events such as Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac foreshadowing the Crucifixion It depicts a vision of the prophet Ezekiel who saw all the inhabitants of Jerusalem except for those righteous ones whose foreheads had been marked with a sign punished by death for their sins According to the Latin text of the Bible used during the Middle Ages this sign was T-shaped middle Other date century 12 Medieval champlevé enamel copper gilt cm 7 5 5 5 accession number 44 616 13797 Chigi Collection Rome Ettore Sestieri Rome by purchase Joseph Brummer New York by purchase Sale Parke-Bernet New York May 14 1949 no 709 Walters Art Museum May 14 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Vir vestit us lineis cum at ra mentario A man clothed with linen with a writer's inkhorn Non signati pereu n t Those who do not bear the sign T perish Tau crucis est signum sed magno nomine dignum / Nam premit interitum quod crucis est mertum T is the symbol of the cross and as such worthy of great name / Since it conquers death a virtue that belongs to the cross Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin Mosan Region Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Flemish art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Rhine-Meuse champlevé
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