{Deesis}[21st February 1991]

[Redbook8:276][19910221:1142e]{Deesis}[21st February 1991]

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‘deesis (Greek) in Byzantine iconography, the figure of Christ enthroned between the Virgin and St. John the Baptist.’*

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{(‘Deesis’ is)} Also, the Greek word for prayer.

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*– E[ncylopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 9:750

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(There again [– equally convincing & ambiguous the other way round]) – see [[Redbook8:277-279][19910221:1142f]{[Byzantine Art [continued]:] The Virgin in Byzantium}[21st February 1991],] 277 [especially fn=**] →

cf ‘...As for the seats at my right hand or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been*** allotted.

– M[ar]k 10:40 (N[ew] J[erusalem] B[ible]

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***[Underlining per square brackets per ms, implying inserted in ms]

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