Transfiguration

Transfiguration
   Christ took his disciples Peter, James, and John up to Mount Tabor to pray. When they arrived, Christ's face began to shine like the sun and his clothes became as white as snow. The brightness that emanated from him was meant to reveal his divinity to his followers. Moses and Elijah appeared at his side, the one to denote the Old Law of the Jews and the other to represent the prophets who foretold the coming of Christ. At the same time, the voice of God was heard to proclaim Christ as his son. With this, the Passion was foretold. The scene was depicted by Fra Angelico in 1438-1445 in one of the monk's cells in the San Marco Monastery, Florence. The most famous Transfiguration is Raphael's version in the Vatican Pinacoteca (1517), moved above his tomb in the Pantheon in 1520, the year when Gerard David painted his version, now in the Church of Our Lady, Bruges.

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  • transfiguration — [ trɑ̃sfigyrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1265; lat. transfiguratio 1 ♦ Relig. chrét. Changement miraculeux dans l apparence du Christ transfiguré. Fête de la Transfiguration (6 août). 2 ♦ Action de transfigurer, état de ce qui est transfiguré. « À partir de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Transfiguration — may refer to:* Transfiguration of Jesus, an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus underwent transfiguration * Transfiguration (Raphael), a painting depicting the Transfiguration of Jesus * Transfiguration (in religion), a… …   Wikipedia

  • Transfiguration — • Culminating point of Christ s public life, as His Baptism is its starting point, and His Ascension its end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Transfiguration     Transfiguration …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • transfiguration — Transfiguration. s. f. v. Changement en une autre figure. Il n a d usage qu en cette phrase. La Transfiguration de nostre Seigneur …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • transfiguration — [trans fig΄yo͞o rā′shən, trans΄figyo͞o rā′shən] n. 1. a transfiguring or being transfigured 2. [T ] Bible the change in the appearance of Jesus on the mountain: Matt. 17 3. [T ] a church festival (Aug. 6) commemorating the Transfiguration …   English World dictionary

  • Transfiguration — (lat.), Verklärung, besonders diejenige Christi auf dem Berge Tabor (Matth. 17), zu deren Andenken die griechische und römische Kirche 6. Aug. ein besonderes Fest feiern. Berühmt ist Raffaels Gemälde in der Galerie des Vatikans; andre… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Transfiguration — (lat.), Umgestaltung, bes. Verklärung Christi …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • transfiguration — index development (progression) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • transfiguration — (n.) late 14c., from L. transfigurationem, noun of action from pp. stem of transfigurare (see TRANSFIGURE (Cf. transfigure)). In English, originally the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples (Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non… …   Etymology dictionary

  • transfiguration — transformation, metamorphosis, transmutation, conversion, transmogrification (see under TRANSFORM) Analogous words: exaltation, magnification (see corresponding verbs at EXALT): enhancing, heightening, intensifying (see INTENSIFY) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • transfiguration — Transfiguration, Transfiguratio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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