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Image 597 Rood screen in the church of St Michael and All Saints, Barton Turf, Norfolk. The screen depicts the different orders in the angelic host: cherubim, seraphim, principalities, powers, thrones and dominations. All have long slender feet (a gesture to the fashion of the day for long pointed shoes), and most are clad in feathers as if in a costume (perhaps a reference to contemporary drama). Some are shown ready for battle (red seraphim), another (virtutes) is shown with a white collar and headdress to symbolise goodness or purity. The power of angels as supernatural beings, close to God, with specific tasks in both Old and New Tesatments, in relation to redemption and damnation, was a common subject in medieval art. The fallen angel, Lucifer, and the champion against evil, Michael, are most frequently depicted.

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