Entombment of Christ
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We find the following characters:
Nicodemus at the foot of Christ. Doctor of the law, he was one of the first disciples of Christ and he brought myrrh and aloes for the embalming of the body of Christ
Joseph of Arimathea at the head of Christ. A notable Jew, he was a character of the Sanhedrin secretly converted to the Christian religion who asked Pontius Pilate to bury the body of Christ.
The Virgin Mary mourning the death of her son surrounded by other women.
John, the evangelist who narrated the scene of the descent from the cross.
Marie, wife of Cléophas and mother of Jacques le Mineur
Marie Salomé, wife of Zébédée, mother of Jacques le Majeur and Saint-Jean the Evangelist.
Mary Magdalene, one of Christ's most important disciples, with her perfume vase and holding her hair.
Nicodemus at the foot of Christ. Doctor of the law, he was one of the first disciples of Christ and he brought myrrh and aloes for the embalming of the body of Christ
Joseph of Arimathea at the head of Christ. A notable Jew, he was a character of the Sanhedrin secretly converted to the Christian religion who asked Pontius Pilate to bury the body of Christ.
The Virgin Mary mourning the death of her son surrounded by other women.
John, the evangelist who narrated the scene of the descent from the cross.
Marie, wife of Cléophas and mother of Jacques le Mineur
Marie Salomé, wife of Zébédée, mother of Jacques le Majeur and Saint-Jean the Evangelist.
Mary Magdalene, one of Christ's most important disciples, with her perfume vase and holding her hair.
Visit the surroundings
Abbaye de Moissac
The capitals of the Moissac cloister
Saint James and the pilgrims Moissac
Chapter House and Scriptorium Moissac
The portal of the Moissac church
The Narthex of Moissac Abbey
The abbey church of Saint-Pierre
France - Occitanie - Tarn-et-Garonne - Moissac