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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure WCA-isr-061. Coiling cynocephalic (dog-headed) winged bipede and ichthyocaude (fish-tailed) aquatic composite monster ketos disgorging (or swallowing?) Jonah, the subject referred to in the Bible (New Testament), NRSV as follows: ✠ "Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him [Jesus Christ], “Teacher, we wish to see a sign [σημεῖον, semeion = "sign" in Greek] from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster [κητος, ketos], so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth. The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!" (Matthew 12: 38-41) and ✠ "When the crowds were increasing, he [Jesus Christ] began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!" (Luke 11: 29-32). |
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| Polychrome foil-backed (?) glass |
Mosaic (Ceiling, vault de-coration, detail, in situ) |
Antonio Barluzzi (1884-1960) |
British Mandate of Palestine, 1933-1937 |
Jerusalem, Central Israel |
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary (Golgotha) Fran- ciscan Chapel |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Israel Expedition, 1-23 February 2017). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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