The Priest Aaron; ca. 1170; Made in Noyon; Picardy (Oise); French; Limestone; Overall: 50 x 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (127 x 41.9 x 34.3 cm); Sculpture-Stone; This sculpture of Aaron and the opposite figure of Moses form part of a rare ensemble of key figures from the Hebrew Bible. They symbolically prefigure the redemption offered through the sacrificial death of Christ; and with other statues originally flanked an enthroned Virgin and Child that still survives in the Gothic cathedral at Noyon