Art, Symbol & Imagination
Egyptian Figures on Gnostic Amulets: Plate F
An animal-headed standing figure raises sceptres near the centre while serpents and smaller deities fill the surrounding gems. Lettering and reverse designs are placed beside their corresponding faces. King’s plate compares Egyptian types adapted to later amuletic and Gnostic uses.
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Illustrator not identified. "Egyptian Figures on Gnostic Amulets: Plate F" [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 509. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0386-0500
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Illustrator not identified. Egyptian Figures on Gnostic Amulets: Plate F. The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediaeval. Scan leaf 509. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0386-0500