”Går jag till sängs med tolv Guds änglar ...”: den judisk-kristna konsten att somna och avsomna i bild och bön

In Swedish oral tradition, as well as in one example of Dalecarlian folk painting from the late 18th century, an invocation of twelve (occasionally fourteen) angels standing around the bed is evident from at least the 17th century. This invocation, while having taken on several different functions,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sebastian Selvén
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Lund University 2021-05-01
Series:ICO Iconographisk Post
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Online Access:https://journals.lub.lu.se/ico/article/view/25674/22574