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A blossary of Christian iconography.

Category: Religion

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A riza (Russian: риза, "robe") or oklad (оклад, "covered"), sometimes called a "revetment" in English, is a metal cover protecting an icon. It is usually made of gilt or silvered metal with repoussé ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Lamb of God (Greek: ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, amnos tou theou; Latin: Agnus Dei) is a title for Jesus that appears in the Gospel of John. It appears at John 1:29, where John the Baptist sees Jesus and ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

The globus cruciger (Latin, "cross-bearing orb") is an orb topped with a cross, a Christian symbol of authority used throughout the Middle Ages and even today on coins, iconography and royal regalia. ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In the earliest periods of ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Acheiropoieta (Byzantine Greek: ἀχειροποίητα, "made without hand"; singular acheiropoieton) — also called Icons Made Without Hands (and variants) — are a particular kind of icon which are said to ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

Пекло іконки (російською: Адописная икона, Adopisnaya ikona, єврейського "пекло написана значок" або "пекло спуск значок") є легендарний піктограми з зображенням диявола, приховані під грунтовка, ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

هيتويماسيا، اتيماسيا (ἑτοιμασία اليونانية، "إعداد")، أعد العرش، التحضير للعرش، والعرش جاهزة أو العرش من المجيء الثاني هي النسخة المسيحية من موضوع رمزي للعرش فارغة وجدت في فن العالم القديم، معنى الذين ...

Domain: Religion; Category: Christianity

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