Color Plates
Charioteer
Church in Ishan, Turkey. Dome, fresco. Tenth century. (Feet of angels are at the top; full moon below; charioteer with horses at the bottom.)
See Saving Paradise, 170-74, 189.
“Behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.”
2 Kings 2:11.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul
You make the clouds your chariot,
You ride on the wings of the wind.”
Psalm 104:1-4