| LC control no. | sh 95009575 |
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| Topical heading | Deesis |
| Variant(s) | Deeses Deisis Supplication (Art) |
| See also | Art, Byzantine Jesus Christ--Art John, the Baptist, Saint--Art Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art |
| Found in | Work cat.: The mosaics of Haghia Sophia at Istanbul, fourth preliminary report ... the Deesis panel of the south gallery, 1952: p. 10 (Christ enthroned subtended by the Divine Mother on his right and St. John the Baptist on his left; both supplicants bend the head and extend their hands; such a composition is known in Byzantine iconography as Deesis or Supplication) Dict. of art terms and techniques (Deesis or deisis; a depiction of Christ (usually enthroned), with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist) McGraw-Hill art (Deesis; Greek term for the representation of the enthroned Christ between Mary and St. John) Ox. dict. of Byzantinum (Deesis (Déēsis [Gk], lit. "entreaty"); the Byzantine composition of the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist standing on either side of Christ with their hands extended toward him) Penguin dict. of art and artists (Deesis (Gk); a group of Christ enthroned in majesty, with the Virgin and St. John on either side; idea is Byzantine) Web. 3 (deesis; usu. cap. (Gk deēsis); pl. deeses; a tripartite icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church showing Christ usu. enthroned between Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist) Random House (deesis, n. pl. deeses) |
| Not found in | Encyc. world art; OED; Ox. dict. art; AAT |
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