TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Stephen TI - The Book of Angels: Seen and Unseen SN - 9781527535435 AV - BL477 U1 - 291.215 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Angels KW - Religious aspects KW - Anges KW - Aspect religieux KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - bisacsh KW - Libros electrónicos N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Both collectively and individually we have a deep and abiding fascination with angels. This book explores depictions of angels in the visual arts and in scripture and associated apocryphal and mystical writings, specifically in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles and Islamic, Zoroastrian and other ancient and latter-day accounts. It examines the visual clues, artistic conventions and attributes that have been set down to help us to recognise angels in their particular roles and functions. Certain writings have had a particularly influential bearing on our understanding of angels. This text focuses UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2156177 ER -