Cherubim and Seraphim


Isaiah 6, 1 - 3

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Ezekiel 1, 4 - 9

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf' foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Ezekiel 10, 1 - 22

Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD' glory. And the sound of the cherubims'wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof , and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it , and went out. And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man' hand under their wings. And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also : for the spirit of the living creature was in them. Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD' house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.





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Sarcophagus of a child decorated                       
with racing cherubs in chariots.                       
Marble                                                 
28 x 131 cm                                            
Inv. I 1130
#10050534

Sarcophagus of a child decorated with racing cherubs in c...

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept  
on the site of his martyrdom.A Christian officer in    
the Theban legion, he and his men were executed when   
they refused to sacrifice to Roman gods.Two cherubim   
flank Saints Peter and Paul. Chased silver,gilt,jewels.
#15030118

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept on the site of his marty...

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept  
on the site of his martyrdom.A Christian officer in    
the Theban legion, he and his men were executed when   
they refused to sacrifice to Roman gods.A seraph with  
three pairs of wings. Chased silver,precious stones.
#15030120

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept on the site of his mart...

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept  
on the site of his martyrdom.A Christian officer in    
the Theban legion, he and his men were executed when   
they refused to sacrifice to Roman gods.A cherub with  
three pairs of wings. Chased silver,precious stones.
#15030121

Shrine of Saint Maurice,a reliquary of the saint kept on the site of his marty...

Christ in his glory, attended by two cherubim,         
surrounded by nine angels. Center of the cupola        
of the baptistery, San Marco,Venice.
#15030139

Christ in his glory, attended by two cherubim, surrounded by nine angel...

A seraph, "Siencie Plenitudo", one rank of the nine    
choirs of the angels. From the cupola of the           
baptistery, San Marco.
#15030140

A seraph, "Siencie Plenitudo", one rank of the nine choirs of the angels. Fr...

"Principatus", and "Seraphim", two of the ranks of the 
nine choirs of the angels. From the cupola of the      
baptistery, San Marco, Venice
#15030142

"Principatus", and "Seraphim", two of the ranks of the nine choirs of the angel...

Seraph from the spandrels of the atrium, San Marco.
#15030145

Seraph from the spandrels of the atrium, San Marco.

Cherubim from the spandrels of the atrium, San Marco.
#15030146

Cherubim from the spandrels of the atrium, San Marco.

Interior of Krusedol Church. Frescoes                  
from 17th-18th. In the church tombs of                 
several Serbian princes and patriarchs
#15030417

Interior of Krusedol Church. Frescoes from 17th-18th. In the c...

Christ and cherubim in the cupola of Krusedol          
Monastery church.                                      
See also 15-03-04/17 and 40-06-03/13
#15030745

Christ and cherubim in the cupola of Krusedol Monastery church....

Cherubim and symbols of the Evangelists in the central 
cupola of the narthex, Hagia Sophia, Trebizond.        
Around 1260
#15030940

Cherubim and symbols of the Evangelists in the central cupola of the narthex, H...