DOI Artikel:
Łaptaś, Magdalena: A sphere, an orb or a disc?: the object held by the archangels in the Faras Cathedral wall paintings
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18946#0036
6. The Archangel
Gabriel, painting
from the west
wall of the Faras
Cathedral's narlhex,
Warsaw,
Muzeum Narodowe
(Phot. Zbigniew Dolinski)
dimensionlly. In the center it is white, and near the circumference a yellow
pigment was used.
Despite the differences in the manner in which the object is being held, it
seems that its meaning is the same. As in the other examples, it is a symbol of
the function that the angels perform at the Heavenly Court. This function is
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Gabriel, painting
from the west
wall of the Faras
Cathedral's narlhex,
Warsaw,
Muzeum Narodowe
(Phot. Zbigniew Dolinski)
dimensionlly. In the center it is white, and near the circumference a yellow
pigment was used.
Despite the differences in the manner in which the object is being held, it
seems that its meaning is the same. As in the other examples, it is a symbol of
the function that the angels perform at the Heavenly Court. This function is
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