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  • Lot’s wife turned into a salt pillar



    Molanus argues that artworks of stone, metal and the like are considered statues and can keep the memory of something alive, like Lot’s wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt and can thus be sacred objects.

    Conflict
    Sacred vs. profane imagery
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Ezekiel ; Lot's wife ; Sodom and Gomorrah
  • Ezekiel announced the impending doom on the inhabitants of Jerusalem



    Molanus argues that statues can keep the memory of something alive and can be considered sacred objects.

    Conflict
    Sacred vs. profane imagery
    Mention
    Leuven, 1617
    Subject
    Ezekiel