Art, Symbol & Imagination
Abraxas Gems: Plate A
Small oval designs pair engraved figures with inscriptions on their reverse sides. Whips, shields, weapons and serpentine limbs recur across the page. King groups these as different types of Abraxas in his nineteenth-century study of engraved religious gems.
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Illustrator not identified. "Abraxas Gems: Plate A" [editorial title]. In The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediaeval, C. W. King. London: David Nutt, 1887; second edition., 1887, David Nutt. Source scan leaf 499. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0386-0490
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Illustrator not identified. Abraxas Gems: Plate A. The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediaeval. Scan leaf 499. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0386-0490