St. John Damascene: "God’s Mother and Lady and Queen"

“ASSUREDLY she who played the part of the Creator’s servant and Mother is in all strictness and truth in reality God’s Mother and Lady and Queen over all created things.”

~St. John of Damascus (c. 676-749 AD): Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, 4, 14.

Coronation of the Virgin, by Andrea di Bartolo. Panel, 1405-07;
Galleria Franchetti, Ca' d'Oro, Venice.