The Temple GalleryEstablished 1959 |
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A002. Entry into Jerusalem.Russian, 19th century [ Click on any image for a larger view ] The Entry into Jerusalem, known in the west as Palm Sunday, is one of the major feasts of the church. The ancestry of the design can be traced to Byzantine icons and beyond that to miniature ivory carving. Already in the tenth century, all the elements of the composition are present in detail. The iconography owes its ultimate origin to the imperial Roman adventus – the visit of the emperor, or a high ranking official of the state to a city. The higher the rank of the visitor the further out of the city came the officials and citizens to greet him. According to the gospel account (John 12; 12-13, Matt. 21;8) Christ enters in triumph with the citizens bearing palm branches and crying ‘hosanna’. Children are shown climbing the tree to cut down the branches but they are not mentioned in the gospel texts. The event is the beginning of the Passion cycle. Detail Images
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