We Who Have Cast Ourselves Aside Become Fallen AngelsMusic, Arrangement, Lyrics: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー) |
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Translation Notes From Verthandi: Seraphim A celestial being having three pairs of wings; one of the first order of angels. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Cherubim A winged celestial being; one of the second order of angels. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Thrones One of the third order of angels. There are nine orders in all. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Sargon Sharru-kin, Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC), father of Sennacherib. Sargon conquered other lands to prove the might of Ashur, the god of the Assyrian Empire. [from the Encyclopedia Britannica] Sennacherib Akkadian Sin-akhkheeriba, King of Assyria (705-681 BC), son of Sargon II. According to legend, an angel of God decimated Sennacherib's army. The legend, which may have its basis in a plague that occurred during his Palestinian campaign, inspired Lord Byron to write "The Destruction of Sennacherib."[from the Encyclopedia Britannica] Eucharist A Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed in rememberance of the death of Christ. [from the American Heritage College Dictionary] Guu, guu, guu The onomatopoeic sound of a growl is GUUGUU. But instead of using the typical katakana, Seazer uses a kanji that signifies implication, suggestion, or allegory. Mandorla a medieval Christian artistic convention by which an oval or almond-shaped area or series of lines surrounds a deity, most commonly Christ. The mandorla is thought to have derived from either Greek or Roman prototypes. Figures of deities were sometimes placed within semicircular outlines on Greek vases. The Romans surrounded portrait busts with medallions and shields. One of the earliest known uses of the mandorla in Christian iconography occurs in the 5th-century mosaics in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The principal applications of the mandorla, also sometimes termed aureole or vesica pisces, were in paintings depicting the Transfiguration, the Ascension, the Last Judgment, the Harrowing of Hell, and in symbolic portrayals of the evangelists and Christ in Majesty. The Virgin Mary and the major angels were also shown enclosed in a mandorla. The convention, like that of the halo, was discontinued during the Renaissance. [from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition] Matthias, Iohannes, Marco, Luca also known as Matthew, John, Mark, and Luke. The four writers of the four Christian Gospels, listed here with their respective allegorical symbols. |
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