Putti, Lucan Graveyard3D ModelNoAI
One of two winged cherubim or Putti, carved onto the top of the headstone of Judith Lyons in Lucan Graveyard, Co. Dublin. The winged cherub symbolises the soul of the deceased and are sometimes referred to as soul effigies, representing the flight of the soul ascending into heaven from the body of the deceased. The cherub has flowing hair with a childlike expression of innocence. The word cherub (cherubim is the Hebrew masculine plural) is a word borrowed from the Assyrian kirubu, from karâbu,”to be near”, hence it means near ones, familiars, personal servants, bodyguards, courtiers. It was commonly used of those heavenly spirits, who closely surrounded the Majesty of God and paid Him intimate service. Hence it came to mean as much as “Angelic Spirit”. There are many references to cherubim in the bible where they sit either side of God in heaven. “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth’ (2 Kings 19:15)
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