Sentences with phrase «robes of»

Originally extracted from lapis lazuli by the Venetians in the 14th century and having a value greater than gold, this pigment was, until circa 1520, exclusively reserved for the depiction of the robes of the Virgin Mary.

In that vein, the walls are painted a vivid saffron orange like the robes of Tibetan monks.

CAIR is an organization that comes wrapped in the robes of religious entitlement and claims to have at its heart, the peaceful coexistence of muslims and non-muslims.

Sir Ian Burnett donned the robes of Lord Chief Justice this week while Lady Hale made history as the first woman President of the Supreme Court.

I'm aware what passes for debate amongst warmists, there's the apocalyptic alarmists to whip up unthinking hysteria and the pessimistic alarmists to try and cloak their AGW king in the robes of science.

Cennini described how the gem rough had to be pounded harder than a bad lawyer's table, mixed with melted resin, wax and oil, wrapped in fine cloth, and kneaded three times in a lye bath to produce a pigment worth its weight in gold and fit for the painted robes of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

Author and civil - rights activist James Baldwin once said: «Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in which case, it is best that the garment is loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which robes one's nakedness can always be felt and, sometimes, discerned.»

Known as the «Lotus - Born,» he is often shown sitting on a flower and dressed in the robes of a monk, teaching Dharma to the people.

The burlap of his sacks has been compared to the robes of St Francis of Assisi, another son of Umbria.

At least Giotto isn't around to cry plagiarism or complain about the fact that, into the yellow robes of Judas, Koons has inserted a shiny blue mirror ball that reflects everything around it.

10 costumes from previous Storm games — a Jonin costume for Kushina and White Robes each of the nine Jinchuriki.

After Assassin's Creed: Revelations wrapped up, it was pretty apparent that the next installment in the series would need a new protagonist to don the white robes of the assassin.

Creative mixes of orange, blue, yellow, green and purple seemingly painted in ripples along their bodies reminiscent of the robes of Imperial Chinese officers, otherwise known as «mandarins».

Home to historic temples and elegant French provincial architecture, Luang Prabang, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a riot of color: the green of the trees contrasting with their bright blossoms and the saffron robes of the ever - present monks.

I don't think authors realize that they are pawns at times, despite getting the opportunity to wear the kingly robes of authorship.

Borders offers a specially tailored program directed toward the aspiring author hidden beneath the scholarly robes of teachers.

Instead she wore the headband and robes of a Greek monarch.

In Margaret Ball's Duchess of Aquitaine, one can try on the robes of a queen.

When a woman is found dead, dressed in the robes of a Catholic priest, Captain Kat Tapo begins an investigation into the Church, the CIA and the streets of Venice — both real and virtual.

McKellan slips into the robes of Gandalf perfectly with great nobility that gives importance to a lot of the exposition of a lot of his dialogue.

A tug of war style affair dressed in the robes of a riotous one - on - one fencing game, Nidhogg's mandate is twisted, but simple; you have to stab your opposite number up to the point that you can run past their corpse and reach the end of either the furthermost east or west direction of each stage in order to be swallowed by a massive dragon, snake - thing.

Is it time to check out the convent and see how I look in robes of black?»

Success stories keep surfacing that deliver a message: Instead of throwing in the Internet towel, or donning robes of black, keep trying.

One of my favorite robes of all time is from Anthropologie and this one is a steal.

It's so worth spending time hunting for your own piece if you can, because a jacket like this is in some ways a piece of history — did you know that the embroidery you see on these kind of jackets stems way back to the embroidered dragon robes of late imperial China?

In fact it's used in Asia for dying clothes, particularly the robes of Buddhist monks, and is also a great natural dye for next year's Easter eggs.

I have a Ph.D gown and the full robes of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, but no form of temporary insanity will make me wear either of both robes to a wedding party.

Even Chris Grayling, in normal life the Justice Secretary, was allowed to adorn himself with the robes of the Lord Chancellor.

«I will never be a blinkered cheerleader of anyone (ask my kids) and while I got his electability half wrong I would be doing him and the country a disservice by donning the white robes of worship and ignoring my concerns.»

Wearing the robes of the late Chief Judge Judith Kaye, who died in January, DiFiore says she wants to find ways of improving how the judicial branch of government operates through what she is calling the Excellence Initiative, though the details remain vauge.

symbolized universal dominion; and the embroidery on the collar of the later high priests, which was probably zodiacal and signified the whole cosmos, was almost certainly taken over from royal robes of earlier times (cf. Wis 18:24 a).

The Lamb's high banquet we await In snow white robes of royal state; And now, the Red Sea's channel past, To Christ our King we sing at last.

The Boston Globe: Dalai Lama visits Medford center for Buddhist Studies Geshe Tenley, clad in the crimson and saffron robes of a Tibetan monk, paused for a moment in a quiet room of the Kurukulla Center for Buddhist Studies late Tuesday afternoon.

When social historians look for the time when this originally «antiestablishment» world was finally awarded the robes of cultural dominance, they might do well to look to the premieres of these works at the Met.

With Christ, it means taking off the sin - stained rags and putting on the robes of purity.

But wait, they may get their robes of honor dirty with the grime of every day life.

The very possibility of such status is presented by John as intractable by one whose destiny it is to be presented in the end to the world as Son of Man, with mock robes of royalty upon him, to pick out the unique dignity and situation of the one by whom the world is finally judged.

Here he would take from his attaché case the robes of a neophyte, stand in a darkened room, and chant that he had come «to the gate of the temple looking for the light within.»

Although each member of the bench properly dons the black robe of the judge, the white robe of the prophet ought to rest uneasily upon his shoulders.

The Book of Revelation presents us with the dazzling image of the woman «clothed with the sun» (Rev 12:1).2 This lady of stellar radiance has already appeared fleetingly in Psalm 45:13, which refers to the princess «decked in her chamber with gold - woven robes», while the liturgy places on Mary's lips the oracle of Isaiah 61:10: «I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness.»

The snakes must be in revolt for being robed of their juice!

Since Jesus was born, and grew to his full stature, and died, everything has continued to move forward because Christ is not yet fully formed: he has not yet gathered about him the last folds of his robe of flesh and of love which is made up of his faithful followers.

Such sin drags us back to the Upper Room, to dull disciples among whom we now sit, to the grief of our Lord over our tearing apart the seamless robe of unifying love in which he would wrap us.

For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

This mentality is cloaked in a robe of false humility, but upon revelation, it is a clever disguise to an arrogant self - gratification that despises others.

If we believe in Christ He has draped us in a robe of His righteousness.

Our tux is the robe of righteousness He has dressed us in.

The story of the seamless robe of Jesus perhaps symbolizes the reality of the unity of all things.

«The Seamless Robe of Jesus» (only in the Gospel of John)

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels» (Isaiah 61:10).