Descent from Cross


Mark 15, 42 - 46

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And he bought fi ne linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

Luke 23, 52 - 53

This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And hetook it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchrethat was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.





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Deposition, from the Verdun Altar.                     
Enamel plaque in champleve technique                   
on gilded copper (begun 1181)
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Deposition, from the Verdun Altar. Enamel plaque in chample...

Cutting off of the king of Jericho from the gallows. Enamel plaque from the Verdun Altar.                                          
Champsleve technique on gilded copper                  
1181
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Cutting off of the king of Jericho from the gallows. Enamel plaque from the Verd...

Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion, Descent from the   
Cross(top); below: Adoration, Saint Mary and Child.    
Ivory triptych
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Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion, Descent from the Cross(top); below: Adora...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun 
and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book,  
Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- 
cies are from a facsimile.Christ's sacrifice.In the    
small circles:birth,passion,deposition and resurrection
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

Les Heures d'Etienne Chavalier:Descent from the cross. 
Ms.fr.71,around 1445.
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Les Heures d'Etienne Chavalier:Descent from the cross. Ms.fr.71,around 1445.

Les Heures d'Etienne Chavalier: Lamentation.           
Ms.fr.71,around 1445.
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Les Heures d'Etienne Chavalier: Lamentation. Ms.fr.71,around 1445.

Scenes from the life of Christ:The descent from the    
cross.
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Scenes from the life of Christ:The descent from the cross.

Missale Remense - massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise
of Reims,France,between 1285 and 1297.                 
Latin,parchment,23,3 x 16,2 cm, 336 pages.             
Credo,fol.26 v.:Crucifixion with (right) the centurion;
below descent from cross and the eclipse of the sun.
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Missale Remense - massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise of Reims,France,between...

The Deposition, from the Thessaloniki Epitaph.         
Embroidery, gold wire on purple silk cloth.
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The Deposition, from the Thessaloniki Epitaph. Embroidery, gold wire on...

Christ on his bier with angels.                        
Detail of "The Thessaloniki Epitaph".                  
Embroidery, gold wire on purple silk cloth
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Christ on his bier with angels. Detail of "The Thessalon...

Deposition and deploration, around 1164.               
Church of St. Panteleimon, Nerezi near Skopje.
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Deposition and deploration, around 1164. Church of St. Panteleimo...

Pieta from the Calvary of Notre Dame de Tronoen, Brittany.
1450-1460
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Pieta from the Calvary of Notre Dame de Tronoen, Brittany. 1450-1460