Christ the Lord in Glory (below the "Tree of Forgiveness) by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt ARA (1833-1898)

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Christ the Lord in Glory

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt ARA

St. Paul's within the Walls, Rome (G. E. Street, 1873)

The Bancroft Collection of the Delaware Art Museum, has two studies of Christ.

Photograph 2004 and text by George P. Landow

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"The great mosiac of the rear wall represents Christ the Lord in glory. . . . Below [the angels] sits the majestic figure of Christ, enthroned upon the cherubim and seraphim. In Christ's left hand he holds the orb of the earth and His right hand is upraised in blessing. From his feet issue the streams of living water and a rainbow is 'round about the Throne' (Revelation 4). On either side of Christ are ranged the archangels, standing each before a gate of heaven. One gate, on Christ's right, is empty -- reminding us of the fall from heaven of Lucifer. Below this majestic scene is the sea of the firmament, through which runs the inscription in Hebrew: 'In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth' (Genesis 1:1) and in Greek: 'In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God (John 1:1)." (St. Paul's within the Walls, pp. 2-3).

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Last modified 14 November 2004