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Kwildgen wrote: > Are you sure they're peacock feathers and not just feathers with eyes? The seraphim, widely depicted in Romanesque art, usually have six wings per side (I think) and sometimes with eyes. I also think the source is the Apocalypse, or possibly _The Celestial Hierarchy_. I'll let someone more qualified (and with more time or an even worse sense of priorities than I) check out Ps.-D, but the relevant passage from the Apocalypse is 4:8: And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!" (RSV) et quattuor animalia singula eorum habebant alas senas et in circuitu et intus plena sunt oculis et requiem non habent die et nocte dicentia sanctus sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus omnipotens qui erat et qui est et qui venturus est (Vg.) This verse of John's revelation alludes to Ezekiel's vision as recorded in Ezekiel 1, in which the creatures have but four wings each (v. 6), and it's the rims of the wheels (which hold the spirit of the living creatures (v. 20)) that have eyes, rather than the wings (v. 18). John John McChesney-Young ** [log in to unmask] ** Berkeley, California, USA %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%