hetoimasia

Japanese: hetoimasia
hetoimasia

...The former are, for example, the Virgin and Child (there are several types), Christ the Teacher (making a gesture of blessing with his right hand and holding the Bible in his left hand, preaching alone or surrounded by his disciples), Christ the Crucified (representing the doctrine of the Passion or the Atonement, sometimes accompanied by the Virgin Mary, John, and others), Christ the Victorious (a figure based on the symbols of evil), Christ the Judge, Christ in Glory (accompanied by the four living creatures described in the Apocalypse - an angel, a lion, a bull, and an eagle - or by angels), Deēsis (Christ flanked on either side by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist, who intercede for sinners), and Etimasia (a scene awaiting the coming of the Last Judgment). These occupied the most important places in the church, such as the vault, the main dome, and the semicircular tympanum above the entrance of the church, and served to give the faithful a visual understanding of important doctrinal matters.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "hetoimasia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前者は例えば〈聖母子〉(いくつもの類型がある),〈教師キリスト〉(右手で祝福のしぐさをし,左手に聖書を持ち,単独で,あるいは弟子たちに囲まれて教えを説く姿),〈磔刑のキリスト〉(受難ないし贖罪の教義を示す。聖母とヨハネその他を伴うこともある),〈勝利者キリスト〉(悪の象徴を踏まえる姿),〈審判者キリスト〉〈栄光のキリスト〉(《ヨハネの黙示録》に記された四つの生き物――天使,獅子,牡牛,鷲――あるいは天使を伴う),〈デエシスdeēsis〉(罪人たちの祈りのとりなしをする聖母とバプテスマのヨハネを左右に伴ったキリスト),〈空の御座またはエティマシアetimasia(ヘトイマシアhetoimasia)〉(〈最後の審判〉の到来を待つ場面)などである。これらは聖堂の祭室半円蓋,主円蓋,入口上部を飾る半円形のティンパヌムなど,教会の最も重要な場所を占めて,信徒に教義の重要なものを視覚的に理解させる役割を果たした。…

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