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In a group with Christ and John the Baptist, with Christ in the center, the composition is entitled the Deesis Greek for “the entreaty”.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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In a group with Christ and John the Baptist, with Christ in the center, the composition is entitled the Deesis Greek for “the entreaty”.
A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975
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The central panel displays an image of the Deesis ‘Entreaty’ or ‘Petition’, in which the enthroned Christ is flanked by full-length figures of the Mother of God and St John the Baptist, their hands outstretched towards him in supplication.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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The central panel displays an image of the Deesis ‘Entreaty’ or ‘Petition’, in which the enthroned Christ is flanked by full-length figures of the Mother of God and St John the Baptist, their hands outstretched towards him in supplication.
A Byzantine Mystery 2009
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[Sidenote: Deesis.] _Obtestacio_, obtestacion, whẽ for
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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The Rayahs had never ceased to hope for the day when "this so glorious and noble race should no longer have to submit to a godless turban" (Ph. Skuphos in his Deesis pros ton Christon); the Klephts and Armatoles had kept up a ceaseless, if hopeless, rebellion against the pashas and kaimakams.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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In Byzantine art, and later Eastern Orthodox art generally, the Deësis or Deisis (Greek: δέησις, "prayer" or "supplication"), is a traditional iconic representation of Christ in Majesty or Christ Pantocrator: enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, and sometimes other saints and angels. Mary and John, and any other figures, are shown facing towards Christ with their hands raised in supplication on behalf of humanity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deesis
March 18, 2016
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See also deesis.
March 18, 2016