The Christian use of the tetragram

Author

Reuterswärd, Patrik

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

World art : themes of unity in diversity

Author (monograph)

Lavin, Irving (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

World art : themes of unity in diversity. 1989, p. 219-222, 7 ill.

Publisher

Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Presents examples 4th-14th cs. of the use of the tetragram--defined here as an emblem drawn with a single line to form four loops which point in the four diagonal directions. Notes especially the classical compass tetragram with an added concentric circle intersecting the semicircles in such a way that the voids within take on the shape of a cross.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400
• Art
• 300-1400
• Iconography
• Tetragrammaton
• Christian iconography
• Pattern
• Cross

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400
• Art
• 300-1400
• Iconographie
• Tétragramme
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Motif
• Croix [iconographie]

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00448604

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