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Gabriel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gabriel , archangel, the divine herald. In the Bible he appears to Daniel (twice), to Zacharias, and to the Virgin Mary in the Annunciation (Dan. 8.16; 9.21; Luke 1.19,26,27). Christian tradition makes Gabriel the archangel trumpeter of the Last Judgment (1 Thes. 4.16). In Islam, Gabriel revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad, becoming the angel of truth. In art and literature Gabriel is mainly treated as the angel of the Annunciation. In the Annunciation he often carries a lily, properly the symbol of the Virgin. He is often represented on churches with trumpet raised and facing east, ready to proclaim... Read more
Ange Jacques Gabriel
Ange Jacques Gabriel The buildings of the French architect Ange Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782) demonstrate elegant proportional relationships...expressiveness inherited from ancient Rome. Ange Jacques Gabriel was the most eminent 18th-century member of a family... Read more
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti The English painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) was a cofounder of the Pre-Raphaelite...Born on May 12, 1828, of Anglo-Italian parentage, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was steeped throughout childhood in the atmosphere... Read more

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