Majesty

An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used In Art and Archealogy. · 1883 · p. 25

(It. Maesta ), Chr. A conventional representation of the Saviour in glory, on a throne, encompa ed by a nimbus, and surrounded by cherubim, and the four evangelistic symbols, and the letters Α and Ω. “The only existing document relating to Cimabue shows that he was employed in 1301 on a mosaic ‘Majesty’ in the tribune of the Duomo at Pisa.” ( East lake. )