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Mother-of-Pearl Amulets and the Baptism of Christ
Two pendants appear side by side, one with a figurative scene beneath a descending dove and the other covered in rounded characters. Budge identifies the material as mother-of-pearl and describes the left-hand scene as the baptism of Christ.
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Illustrator not identified. "Mother-of-Pearl Amulets and the Baptism of Christ" [editorial title]. In Amulets and Superstitions, E. A. Wallis Budge. Oxford University Press edition, 1930, 1930, Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Source scan leaf 113. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0109
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A historical symbolic image or diagram from the author’s system. Its reproduction records the source without validating its cosmological, magical or astrological claims.
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Illustrator not identified. Mother-of-Pearl Amulets and the Baptism of Christ. Amulets and Superstitions. Scan leaf 113. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0463-0109