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ID: 901000031
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000031
Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend

Holy Wisdom (Christian allegory)

Note: Divine wisdom, in Christianity referring to the second person of the Holy Trinity. May be portrayed enthroned, together with God the Father and God the Son. Ultimately derived from references to a type of Jewish literature represented by the Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, etc.

Names:
Holy Wisdom (Christian allegory) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Sophian (Christian allegory) (English,U,N)
Sophia (Christian allegory) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............Holy Wisdom (Christian allegory) (I)
Related Iconography:
meaning/usage overlaps with .... Holy Spirit
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Holy Spirit (Christian character)) [901000451]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... wisdom
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... allegory (artistic device)
.....(symbolism (artistic concept), artistic devices, artistic concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Holy Wisdom (Christian allegory)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Sophian (Christian allegory)
................Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Sophia (Christian allegory)
................Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 9 July 2010
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 9 July 2010
................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Holy_Wisdom_(16th_c.,_Vologda_museum).jpg
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11E541 Sapientia, Wisdom

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