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ID: 901000550
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000550
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (New Testament narrative)

Note: Days before the Last Supper, Christ enters Jerusalem on a donkey as crowds spread palm branches before him; marking the beginning of his Passion. From Matthew 21:1-11, 21:14-16; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19.

Names:
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (New Testament narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Entry into Jerusalem (New Testament narrative) (English,U,P)
Entrata di Cristo in Gerusalemme (New Testament narrative) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<New Testament narratives> (P)
............Life of Jesus Christ (New Testament narrative) (I)
................Passion of Christ (New Testament narrative) (P)
....................Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (New Testament narrative) (P)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Jesus Christ
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Jesus Christ (Christian character)) [901000087]

Other Relationships:
affiliated/associated with .... Palm Sunday
.....(Christian holidays, religious holidays, holidays, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
actor is .... donkey
.....(Equus asinus (species), Equus (genus), Equidae (family), Perissodactyla (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... triumphal procession
.....(processions, cultural ceremonies, ceremonies, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Jerusalem
.....(Jerusalem, Israel, Asia) (TGN)
counterpart is .... palmesel
.....(visual works by subject type, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (New Testament narrative)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-)
Entry into Jerusalem (New Testament narrative)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Entrata di Cristo in Gerusalemme (New Testament narrative)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ ICCD database (1988-) 73D14 entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumphal_entry_into_Jerusalem#/media/File:Assisi-frescoes-entry-into-jerusalem-pietro_lorenzetti.jpg
................ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-) http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/255203
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/470618

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