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Definition of Tetramorph

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...
- central tapestry for the new Coventry Cathedral, Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph. A number of portrait commissions in the 1950s proved highly controversial...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- opposition to the list produced by Marcion. A four-gospel canon (the Tetramorph) was ****erted by Irenaeus (c. 130 – c. 202 AD) in the following quote:...
- descriptions of redirect targets Royal stars – Persian definition in astronomy Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements Wufang Shangdi – Traditional...
- various divine and mystical figures, such as the archangel Metatron and the Tetramorph of the Holy Living Creatures. The Hebrew word "Keter" (כֶּתֶר) translates...
- Axial precession – Change of rotational axis in an astronomical body Tetramorph – Symbolic arrangement of four differing elements Eight researchers claim...