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Details: This is a late example, very conservative in painting style, of a type of image that was first developed in Russia in the late 16th century. It is primarily based on the Old Testament story in which God revealed himself to Moses in a bush that burned without being...
Details: This icon repeats a copy, ordered in 1647 and brought to Moscow the following year, of a much older, miracle-working image from the Georgian Monastery of Iveron, on Mount Athos, Greece (hence the name "Iverskaya", i.e. "of Iveron"). This copy was subsequently installed in...
Details: This large Ethiopian Gospel Book was made in the first half of the sixteenth century and is written in Ge'ez, the traditional liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Containing eleven full-page miniatures, six canon tables, and five elaborately ornamented harags, or headpieces, this manuscript represents the...
Details: This is one of twenty-six known manuscripts by the hand of Luke the Cypriot (active 1583-1625), an accomplished Greek calligrapher who worked after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453). He copied it in 1594 at his episcopal see of Buzau (in Wallachia, now Romania) and soon took it to...
Details: The term pot-metal refers to glass that received its color in the melting pot when various metallic oxides were added. It was then possible to paint the surface of the glass in order to outline, decorate, and define details such as eyes and hair--as may be observed on this...
Details: John the Baptist is portrayed with the disheveled locks and beard of a desert hermit, wearing the camel's hair clothing and leather belt described in the Gospels. His cross-shaped staff alludes to Christ's future death. The Greek inscription on the cameo identifies John as the...
Details: Intended for the private contemplation and devotion of its owner, this palm-size ivory diptych illustrates both the reward of salvation and the consequence of damnation. The left wing represents the Coronation of the Virgin. At the bottom a retinue of the saved souls, including a mendicant friar, a king,...
Details: St. James Catholic School is located at 304 Oak Street, Ludlow, KY 41016[5]. It is part of the Saints Boniface & James Parish and is one of two Catholic elementary schools in Ludlow[4]. The school was founded in 1928 by Father Clement Bocklage, who believed that the...
Details: Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church (Byzantine) is located in Silver Spring, Maryland[1]. The church offers services in the Ukrainian language on Sundays at 11:30 am[2]. Holy Trinity also has a YouTube channel where they share videos with friends, family, and the world[4]. On their website,...
Details: Catholic angelology teaches that angels are pure spirits created by God to serve as his messengers and agents[1][2]. The Bible mentions three angels by name: Sts. Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel, who are referred to as archangels[3][4]. Catholics believe that each person has a guardian angel...
Details: The Descent from the Cross is a scene from the Gospels in which Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus take down Jesus' body from the cross[1]. It is also known as the Deposition of Christ, as it symbolizes Jesus being taken away from his position[2]. Peter Paul...
Details: Almighty God the Father is a painting by Antoine Coypel. The painting is a detail of the ceiling of the chapel of the Palace of Versailles, Yvelines, France[3][4][5]. It depicts God the Father in Glory surrounded by cherubs and angels[5]. The Chapel of the Palace...
Details: In the Christian tradition, Pentecost is the celebration of the person of the Holy Spirit coming upon the Apostles, Mary, and the first followers of Jesus[1]. It is also known as the birthday of the Catholic Church[2] and celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the...
Details: King David was the second king of ancient Israel, reigning for 40 years between approximately 1000 BCE and 960 BCE[1][2][3]. He was not born into royalty, but rose to found a dynasty after being a humble shepherd[4]. He is known for his diverse skills as...
Details: This miniature bust houses the relics of an unknown bishop saint. The assumption that this was Saint Lambert and that the reliquary came from the treasury of the basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht cannot be proven. The small lion feet are later additions. 🙏🏽This image is in the...
Details: The Ethiopian hand cross, also known as an Abyssinian cross or Ethiopian-Eritrean cross, is a symbol of Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea[1]. It is typically squared with equal length crossbars[2] and often features intricate latticework[3]. Hand crosses are traditionally cut from a single piece of iron...
Details: One of four codicologically unrelated leaves from an antiphonary, a choral book containing the music used in the Divine Office. 1 column of 6 staves in Latin. Bounding lines blind or light plummet, doubled and full-length to upper and lower edges, writing lines blind or light plummet, with upper...
Details: The upper half of this panel shows a unicorn hunt reconfigured to represent the Annunciation. Only a virgin could lure a unicorn who is seen here grasping the horn of the mythical beast; not far behind are the hunter and hounds. The Virgin here is the Virgin Mary and...
Details: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has its origins in the second century with St. Justin Martyr[1] and in the 7th century with Pope Gregory the Great[1]. It was further developed in the 11th century when pious Christians meditated on the Five Wounds of Christ[2]...
Details: The simple patterning of the drapery lends elegance to this figure of the Virgin, while her slightly slumped shoulders, forward tilt, and placid gaze might suggest both fatigue and acceptance of her new role as the mother of Jesus. Traces of the medieval painted decoration are preserved. The Virgin’...
Details: The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of...
Details: The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia is a Ukrainian Catholic cathedral located in the Poplar neighborhood[1]. It was established in 1886 and was designed by Julian K. Jastremsky in the Byzantine Revival style, modeled after St. Sophia (or Hagia Sophia now) in Istanbul (Constantinople)[2]. The...
Details: Catholic belief in the resurrection of the dead holds that all men, elect or reprobate, will rise again with their bodies and souls reunited[1][2]. This resurrection is made possible by Jesus' own glorified existence[3], and is promised to us through his hour of coming[4]...
Details: Christ on the cross has been depicted in art since the 4th century CE[1]. Early Byzantine depictions often show Christ flanked by Longinus and Stephaton with their spear and pole with vinegar[1]. In British art, George James Frampton created a stele of Christ on the cross with...
