Christ Pantocrator
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In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator is a specific depiction of Jesus. Pantocrator or Pantokrator is derived from one of many names of God in Judaism.
Jesus Christ Pantocrator (Detail from the deesis mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul)
Christ Pantocrator in the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre's catholicon. Church domes are a common site of Pantocrator images.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic in Byzantine style from the Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily
The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel (Saint Catherine's Monastery). The two different facial expressions on either side of Christ's face depict Christ as the bearer of mercy and grace (left half) and Christ as the dreaded judge of unrepentant sinners (right side).
Christ in Majesty
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Christ in Majesty or Christ in Glory is the Western Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, always seen frontally in the centre of the composition, and often flanked by oth
The Andronikov Gospels were made in the Andronikov Monastery, Moscow in the early 15th century
Christ in majesty in a mandorla, surrounded by emblems of the evangelists: ivory plaques on a wooden coffret, Cologne, first half of the 13th century (Musée de Cluny)
Traditio legis, or "transmission of the law", Christ as lawgiver, mosaic, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan, 4th century, includes a scroll box at Christ's feet.
The Deesis mosaic in the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople