The Christian icon of Christ in Majesty, in the Greek-speaking East the Deesis, was developed under Imperial patronage and survives, in its earliest examples, in Byzantine mosaics. The depiction of a monumental, frontal Christ Enthroned was an expansion of the earliest hieratic images of Christ, the half-length Christ Pantocrator, "Christ, Ruler of All". As with the earlier image, Christ holds the book representing the Gospels and raises his right hand in the gesture of blessing. Christ the Redeemer (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) An icon (from Greek , eikon, image) is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it, or by analogy, as in semiotics; in computers an icon is a symbol on the... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... Christ Pantocrator in a mosaic at Dafni, Greece The iconic image of Christ Pantocrator (Christ, Ruler of All) was a major image of Christ that eventually developed in the Early Christian Church, and remains a central icon of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ... For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ...

The oldest images are consistent with conventional portrayals of the Emperor in the diptychs or in mosaics; they find him centered in his court, represented in Christ's court of the martyrs, saints and bishops, or by the Four Evangelists who may be symbolically represented. Christ's head is surrounded by a halo. The throne in each case is set upon a stepped dais that lifts it from the mundane world. Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre museum A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. ... Evangelism is the proclaiming of the Christian Gospel. ... JASON Halo may refer to: Halo (optical phenomenon), a ring of light that surrounds an object. ... Dais (French dais, estrade, Italian predella), originally a part of the floor at the end of a medieval hall, raised a step above the rest of the building. ...

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• Christ in Majesty
• (Getty Museum,); Christ in Majesty, manuscript illumination, German, (Hildesheim), about 1170s
• Christ in Majesty, with apocalypse details: chancelk painting, Kempley, Gloucestershire c.1120
• Christ in Majesty: illumination in the Aberdeen Bestiary, late twelfth century