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tetramorph Christian Art.|ˈtɛtrəmɔːf|
[ad. Gr. τετράµορϕον, prop. neut. adj. four-shaped, f. τετρα- four- + µορϕή form.]
A composite figure combining the symbols of the four evangelists (derived from Rev. iv. 6–8 and Ezek. i. 5–10).
1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art (1850) 80 The Evangelists, or rather the Gospels, are represented as the tetramorph, or four-faced creature. 1854Fairholt Dict. Terms Art 430/2 Tetramorph. (Gr.) In Christian Art, the union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, winged, standing on winged, fiery wheels; the wings being covered with eyes. 1875R. St. J. Tyrwhitt in Smith & Cheetham's Dict. Chr. Antiq. I. 634/1 The most interesting 6th century representation of them [symbols of the evangelists]..is the quaintly but most grandly-conceived tetramorph of the Rabula MSS. 1898C. Bell tr. Huysman's Cathedral ix. 177 With Christ enthroned..between the winged beasts of the Tetramorph. |