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181: 33: 137:. The type appeared in a wide range of sculptural and, later, painted images in Western Europe, especially around 1200. In these representations, some structural elements of the throne invariably appear, even if only handholds and front legs. The Virgin's feet often rest on a low stool. Later, Gothic sculptures of the type are more explicitly identifiable with the Throne of Solomon, where: "...two lions stood, one at each hand. And twelve little lions stood upon the six steps on the one side and on the other."(I Kings 10: 18–20) 701: 715: 110: 488: 397:
Cosimo 'il Vecchio' de' Medici, 1389-1464: essays in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of Cosimo de' Medici's birth : including papers delivered at the Society for Renaissance Studies Sexcentenary Symposium at the Warburg Institute, London, 19 May
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The invocation, "Seat of Wisdom", originated in the eleventh century. Many early Christians saw Christ as Wisdom incarnate; therefore, by holding him on her lap, Mary becomes the “seat” of wisdom. It later became part of the
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icon also appeared in illuminated manuscripts and Romanesque frescoes and mosaics, and was represented on seals. The icon possesses in addition emblematic verbal components: the Virgin
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and sculptures, Mary is seated on a throne with the Christ Child on her lap. For the more domestic and intimate iconic representations of Mary with the infant Jesus on her lap, see
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and present in the Greek East by the early 11th century, when the Byzantine-inspired enamels were made in Germany for the
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The title and the imagery associated with it are occasionally also found in Protestant tradition; for example
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The Mystical Rose" (Thoughts on the Blessed Virgin from the writings of Cardinal J. H. Newman)
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The Altar and the Altarpiece, Sacramental Themes in Early Netherlandish Painting
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commissioned a statue of "Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom" for its chapel in 2014.
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The Throne of Wisdom: Wood Sculptures of the Madonna in Romanesque France.
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Moyer, Ginny Kubitz. "What does the title Mary, Seat of Wisdom mean?",
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Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art
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Society for Renaissance Studies (Great Britain) (1992).
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Bagley, Charlotte Hartwell (1976). "Litany of Loreto".
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Sedes Sapientiae

Sansepolcro Cathedral
Latin
devotional titles
Mary
Roman Catholic
icons
Madonna and Child
Merton College, Oxford
Litany of Loreto

Cross of Mathilde
Madonna
Acathist Hymn
Cross of Mathilde
typological interpretation
Books of Kings
Early Netherlandish painting
Lucca Madonna
Jan van Eyck

Catholic University of Leuven
Notre Dame College in Dhaka
Bengali
Maestà
Madonna of humility
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College
Church of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, Dublin
Sophia (wisdom)

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