Maiestas Domini

(Latin for Christ in Majesty) a type of image in medieval representations that shows the enthroned Christ frontally in a mandorla (or circle or quatrefoil) and surrounds him with the symbols of the Four Evangelists. Representations of the Maiestas Domini are among the most common motifs in cf. Gospel Books.

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WHERE? In our store in Regensburg's Old Town.

We have been running a specialist store for facsimiles for nearly 15 years in Regensburg's Old Town, just opposite the "Schottenportal" of the Romanesque Scots Monastery of St. Jacob at Jakobstraße 6.