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Size. 28,6 x 19,8 cm. The Copenhagen Psalter ( National Library of Denmark, MS. Thott 143 2º) is a 12th-century illuminated manuscript psalter, made in England. It may have been created for the education of the boy king, King Canute VI of Denmark. [1] This manuscript is known for the many artists who contributed to the full-page illuminations ...
Angels in art. Ezekiel's "chariot vision", by Matthaeus Merian (1593–1650), displaying several different types of angelic creatures. Angels have appeared in works of art since early Christian art, and they have been a popular subject for Byzantine and European paintings and sculpture. Normally given wings in art, angels are usually intended ...
Border Angels (also known as Angeles De La Frontera) [ 1] is a San Diego -based 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization that is focused on migrant rights, immigration reform, and the prevention of immigrant deaths along the border. Border Angels, along with its more than 2000 volunteers [ 2] serves San Diego County's immigrant ...
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Angel Blowing a Woodwind, ink and opaque watercolor painting from Safavid Iran, c. 1500, Honolulu Academy of Arts.. The Quranic word for angel (Arabic: ملك, romanized: malak) derives either from Malaka, meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them, [18] or from the triliteral root '-l-k, l-'-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just ...
Illuminated manuscript. Various examples of pages from illuminated manuscripts. An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers and liturgical books such as psalters and courtly literature, the ...
The Jewish angelic hierarchy is established in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, and traditional Jewish liturgy. They are categorized in different hierarchies proposed by various theologians. For example, Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels . Rank. Angelic Class. Notes. 1.
Azrael (/ ˈ æ z r i. ə l,-r eɪ-/; Hebrew: עֲזַרְאֵל, romanized: ʿǍzarʾēl, 'God has helped'; [2] Arabic: عزرائيل, romanized: ʿAzrāʾīl or ʿIzrāʾīl) is the canonical angel of death in Islam, [3] and appears in the apocryphal text Apocalypse of Peter.