pantokratōr (English spelling) pantokrator

Japanese: pantokratōr(英語表記)pantokrator
pantokratōr (English spelling) pantokrator

…However, in the West, the former type can be found in the Carolingian, Ottonian and Renaissance periods. The representation of the bearded Christ is a divine figure full of authority, and in the East, from the middle Byzantine period onwards, the half-length figure of the bearded Christ developed particularly as the so-called pantokratōr (almighty) figure, sometimes appearing as an icon or in the center of the vault of a shrine, especially the main vault. In the West, on the walls of the vault of a shrine or on the tympanum of an entrance, he is depicted seated on a throne. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pantokratōr" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ただし西方では,カロリング朝,オットー朝およびルネサンスに,前者の型が見られないではない。有髯のキリストの表現は,いかにも権威に満ちた神の姿であり,東方においてはビザンティン中期以降その半身像が,いわゆるパントクラトルpantokratōr(全能者)像としてとくに発達し,ときにはイコンとして,あるいは祭室半円蓋,とくに主円蓋の中央に,これが表現されることとなる。これに対して西方では,祭室半円蓋の壁や入口のティンパヌムに表現されるときは,玉座に座った姿勢である。…

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