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Aus Prachteinbände
N
Northern Europe +
walnut (wood) +
O
the ox and the ass at the manger ~ Christ's birth +
fretwork +
ornament ~ straight lines (alternating and complementary angles) +
foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament +
Austria +
Ottonian +
P
'Pantocrator', (bust of) Christ, making a speaking or blessing gesture and holding a book +
parallelograms +
Paste jewelry +
settings (jewelry) +
the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara +
ornamental birds: peacock +
fabulous plants and herbs (+ leaf) +
the apostle Philip; possible attributes: book, cross, dish with snake, lance, scroll, stone, sword +
panel stamp bindings +
treasure bindings +
treasure bindings +
Prajnaparamita +
Prajnaparamita sutra +
'the axe is laid to the root of the trees' ~ John the Baptist preaching +
Q
throne-crossbeam +
R
tendrils ~ ornament +
Ratnasambhava +
Conch Shell +
Regensburg +
orb (symbol of sovereignty; sphere with cross on top) +
high reliefs +
Renaissance +
incising +
Rocaille +
rocaille ornament +
Roman Empire +
Rottenbuch +
face of glory +
S
Saint-Denis +
'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet +
Samantabhadra +
stenciling +
sheepskin +
protective weapons: shield +
tortoise shell +
frightened and/or sleeping soldiers at the tomb of Christ +
snake deity +
Clasp plates +
semiprecious stone +
carving +
carvings +
carvings +
scroll +
pigskin +
six ornament throne +
corcodilian creature +
lunettes +
champlevé +
Siddhartha +
silverwork +
silver bindings +
auspicious sitting posture +
pedestal +
sun and moon in the sky at either side of the cross of Christ +
God the Father between the sun and the moon (+ Holy Trinity) +
Late Gothic +
Late Medieval +
spirals +
scrolls +
Fortitude, 'Fortitudo' ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues +
ox (possibly with book) ~ symbol of St. Luke +
textile materials +
scudding +
Gand enlightenment +
Grand Miracle +
Germany, Southern +
Superexlibris +
Life of Sakyamuni Buddha (Buddhist narratives) +
T
fir (wood) +
dancing on one leg +
baptism of Christ in the river Jordan: John the Baptist pouring out water on Christ's head: the Holy Ghost descends +
Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues +
textile craft +
textile craft +
the apostle Thomas; possible attributes: book, chalice, girdle, heart, lance or spear, scroll, square, stones +
arch +
Tibet +
ornament ~ hybrid animals +
(the skull or skeleton of) Adam at the foot of the cross of Christ (iconographic particularity to be used as additional notation only) +
chasing - repoussé +
U
oversewing +
the virgin martyr Ursula of Cologne; possible attributes: arrow, banner with red cross, cloak of ermine, crown, ship +
V
Vaishravana +
Vajradhara +
Vajrasattva +
vajra-sitting posture +
plant-derived motifs +
vellucent bindings +
gilding +
the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation) +
silvering +
purification of the temple (first and second): Christ driving the money-changers from the temple with a whip (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 2:12-19) +
Four Great Kings +
ovolos +
Virudhaka +
Virupaksha +
garuḍa +
champlevé +
W
armorial bearing, heraldry +
armorial bindings +
watermarks +
standing figure - AA - female human figure +
Weihenstephan +
censer +
vine scrolls +
grape +
White Tara +
tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: knife +
Wessobrunn +
Western Europe +
Y
Z
settings (jewelry) +
kidskin +
scarlet vermilion +
chasing +
seated with soles of the feet touching +
the twelve apostles (as a group), usually with books or scrolls (not in biblical context) +