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    A tetramorph is a symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit. The term is derived from...
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  • central tapestry for the new Coventry Cathedral, Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph. A number of portrait commissions in the 1950s proved highly controversial...
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    detailed attestations of cherubim survive, and Ezekiel's description of the tetramorph being may not be the same as the cherubim of the historic Israelites....
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    Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph is a large tapestry by Graham Sutherland, installed at the north end of the new Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, England...
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    living creatures in religious art, especially Christian art, is called a tetramorph. Ezekiel's vision of the four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are identified...
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    When the symbols of the Four Evangelists appear together, it is called a Tetramorph, common in the Romanesque art of Europe such as church frescoes or murals...
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    descriptions of redirect targets Royal stars – Persian definition in astronomy Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements Wufang Shangdi – Traditional...
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    Axial precession – Change of rotational axis in an astronomical body Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements "EarthSky | when will...
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    mythology: a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle. This depiction parallels the tetramorph used in Christian art, where the four creatures are used as symbols of...
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  • opposition to the list produced by Marcion. A four-gospel canon (the Tetramorph) was asserted by Irenaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD) in the following quote:...
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    Evangelist, pictured in the form of a winged lion, is an aspect of the Tetramorph. On the pinnacle of St Mark's Cathedral he is depicted as holding a Bible...
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    various divine and mystical figures, such as the archangel Metatron and the Tetramorph of the Holy Living Creatures. The Hebrew word "Keter" (כֶּתֶר) translates...
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    Qabalistic Cross is repeated. Royal stars – Persian definition in astronomy Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements Kraig (1998), pp. 165–166...
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  • only legitimate gospels was written c. 180 AD. A four gospel canon (the Tetramorph) was asserted by Irenaeus, who refers to it directly in his polemic Against...
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    they adapted to a life on land. Their palatal and jaw structures of tetramorphs were similar to those of early tetrapods, and their dentition was similar...
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    Virgin and Child, three pages of evangelist symbols informed by the tetramorphs described in Ezekiel and Revelation, two evangelist portraits, a portrait...
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    temperaments Guardians of the directions Lokapala Royal stars Svetovid Tetramorph Watchtower A dictionary of Chinese Buddhist terms : with Sanskrit and...
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    Lamassu (similar winged bull creature) Merkabah mysticism Pegasus Rakhsh Tetramorph Vahana Kamadhenu (similar winged cow creature) According to historian...
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  • Stags (Norse mythology) Four Symbols Four temperaments Persian astronomy Tetramorph Davis (1945). Stebbins (1943), p. 177. Olmstead (1948), p. 200. Bobrick...
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    planet Mercury. The Zohar also associates him with the image of man in the tetramorph of the four holy living creatures of the Prophet Ezekiel's vision, alongside...
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    Four corners of the painting depict four evangelists with their symbols (tetramorph). In the right niche is statue of Our Lady Help of Christians and on the...
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    with cherubim or seraphim of Jewish traditions. God’s throne in Islam Tetramorph List of angels in theology The hadith were: "...Allah, the most exalted...
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    Basil Spence. The cathedral contains the tapestry Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph by Graham Sutherland. The bronze statue St Michael's Victory over the...
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    gilt wood, the work of Eudald Puntí, decorated with rosaries, angels, tetramorph symbols and the dove of the Holy Ghost; and the choir stalls, which were...
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    by height. In front of each group was another statue of a sign of the Tetramorph symbolizing the Four Evangelists: the bull for St. Luke, the lion for...
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    Frediano, Lucca Christ in Majesty, in a mandorla and surrounded by the tetramorph, Romanesque fresco, apse of Sant Climent de Taüll, Catalonia, 1123 Christ...
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    displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Serpents in the Bible Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements Thrones – Class of angels...
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    old cathedral The interior of the new cathedral Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph, tapestry by Graham Sutherland As the cathedral was built on the site...
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    look straight into the sun. It appears with other three beings as the tetramorph, interpreted in Christianity as symbols of the evangelists. The four beings...
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    accompanied by a cannonade from the keep. Four sculptures representing the tetramorph according to Ezekiel are found at the level of the yellow granite circle...
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