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Tetramorph
Tetramorph Tet"ra*morph, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? form, figure: cf.
Gr. ? fourfold.] (Christian Art)
The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one
figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on
winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The
representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision
of Ezekiel (ch. i.)
Meaning of Tetramorph from wikipedia
- 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....
- 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...
-
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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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...
- 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...
- 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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Axial precession –
Change of
rotational axis in an
astronomical body
Tetramorph –
Symbolic arrangement of four
differing elements Eight researchers claim...
- only
legitimate gospels was
written c. 180 AD. A four
gospel canon (the
Tetramorph) was ****erted by Irenaeus, who
refers to it
directly in his
polemic Against...
