Agnus Dei (music) Agnus Dei (music) Agnus Dei, referring to the Christian theological concept of the Lamb of God and the associated liturgical text from the Roman Catholic Latin Mass, has been set to music by many composers, as it is normally one of the movements or sections in a sung Mass setting. However, sometimes it stands alone, e.g. it provides the lyrics for Samuel Barber's "Agnus Dei", the choral arrangement of his "Adagio for Strings". The Agnus Dei is a setting of the "Lamb of God" litany, based on John the Baptist's reference in to Jesus ("Behold the Lamb of God that
Painting of a Nestorian Christian figure scattered with small flowers which may serve to enhance the sanctity, and therefore the devotion (bhakti). According to the German professor and Swiss scholar Christoph Baumer, “the figure represents Jesus Christ or a saint”. , a Japanese historian and professor of Kyoto University, argues that “the unearthed in Tunhwang must be an image of Christ”. P. Y. Saeki, the Japanese scholar of religion, also considers the painting to be an icon of Jesus. Painting of a Nestorian Christian figure The Painting of a Nestorian Christian figure or Fragment of a Christian figure, Nestorian painting of Jesus Christ, is a late