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God through the eyes of two

When a person creates a religious work of art they use ways to interpret the personality of the God they worship. In the Chi/Rho page from the Lindisfarne Gospels and the “Allah” page from the Album of Sultan Mohammed II of the Conqueror, there are examples of how two different religions interpret their “God” through paintings. The Chi/Rho page from the Lindisfarne Gospels is a Hiberno-Saxon illustration, which dates back to the 8th century. The "Allah" page from the Album of Sultan Mohammed II of the Conqueror is a later piece of art that dates back to the 15th century. This work of art comes from a different religion, place, and time then the Chi/Rho page. The Chi/Rho page is derived from the Christian religion and the "Allah" page is derived from the Muslim religion. These works of art both describe how they view their "God' by illustrating unique lines, objects, colors, tones, and patterns.

The Chi/Rho page is an extremely well illustrated manuscript. The painting contains three Greek letters called the Chi, Rho, and Iota. These three letters resemble the English letters X, P, and I, which are easily recognizable. The Chi, Rho and Iota are the first three letters of the name of Christ:


Color in this piece of art work is the most defining characteristic. The colors are very different compared to the Chi/Rho page. The color in the “Allah” page is bright, bold, and deep. The bright colors of this painting show that God, Himself, is bright. Bright, bold colors give the painting a happy mood. This could also suggest that their God is happy. The painting contains different shades of blue, green, yellow, black, and red. The color blue is the brightest color, so it stands out the most. The bright, blue color is the color of the equal arm cross. The way that the equal arm cross stands out suggests that this part of the painting is the most important. The equal arm cross suggests equality, so this could mean that their God is open for anyone to worship Him.

The line scheme in the “Allah” page is important extremely important when it comes to the meaning of the lines. “Allah” is the Muslim’s name for their God. In the lines the word “Allah” is spelled out numerous times, which could be symbolic of their God being everywhere. The patterns of lines are in a circular pattern moving clockwise. Since the lines say the word “Allah” over and over again, the moving pattern shows that God is also moving. He is in more then one place at a time.

The line scheme of the pattern is very strict. If there was an extra line added to one side of the painting the pattern would be ruined. The strict pattern shows that their God is strict. In the two religions, Christianity and Muslim, it is true that the Muslim’s believe in a much stricter God then the Christians. Christian’s God is more forgiving and lenient, which is shown in the Chi/Rho page. There isn’t a set pattern to the Chi/Rho page that needs to be followed, like the “Allah” page. There is more room for mistakes in the Chi/Rho page then in the “Allah” page.

In the center of the “Allah” page there is an equal armed cross. The equal arm cross could indicate that every person is judged equally by God. This means that their God is fair and gives equal treatment to any type of person.

There is a border on the right half, and bottom section of the painting. This border contains an eagle, a ram, and at the bottom of the Rho there is a lion. The ram head is located at the very top right hand corner of the border and the eagle head is located at the bottom left hand corner. In the Bible there are twelve Disciple

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