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Plate 1-XCIII
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PLATE L.
THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.
Fig. 1. As the Vision of Ezekiel furnished the types for the Evangelistic Symbols, they are more
' or less literally represented according to his description of them; in this instance,
from a Syraic MS. of the 6th century, they are combined with the wheels and flames
of fire, and the “ wings full of eyes,” described by the Prophet. (8.)
2. The next two forms are known as the Tetramorph, a figure which combined the four
heads with the wings and fiery wheels, described by Ezekiel, into an angelic form.
From an enamel of the 12th century. (9.)
3. The same figure, the six wings denoting extreme swiftness, the wheels also being winged.
From a Byzantine Mosaic of the 13th century. (15.)
PLATE L.
THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.
Fig. 1. As the Vision of Ezekiel furnished the types for the Evangelistic Symbols, they are more
' or less literally represented according to his description of them; in this instance,
from a Syraic MS. of the 6th century, they are combined with the wheels and flames
of fire, and the “ wings full of eyes,” described by the Prophet. (8.)
2. The next two forms are known as the Tetramorph, a figure which combined the four
heads with the wings and fiery wheels, described by Ezekiel, into an angelic form.
From an enamel of the 12th century. (9.)
3. The same figure, the six wings denoting extreme swiftness, the wheels also being winged.
From a Byzantine Mosaic of the 13th century. (15.)