The Ascension

6th century
From the Rabbula Gospels (Florence, Bib. Laurenziana, cod.  Plutt. I, 56.  fol. 13v)

Kessler, Introduction to “The Christian Realm: Narrative Representations” (Weitzmann, p. 454), suggests that the use of the chariot is based on the Old Testament reading for Ascension Day in the Syriac liturgy, Ezekiel 1:10.

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Source: Weitzmann