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Charlemagne holds a sword in his proper right hand, on the "viewer's left", and an orb in his proper left hand, on the "viewer's right". Statue holding a sword in its proper right hand. Proper right and proper left are conceptual terms used to unambiguously convey relative direction when describing an image or other object. The "proper right ...
Dexter (Latin for 'right') [1] indicates the right-hand side of the shield, as regarded by the bearer, i.e. the bearer's proper right, and to the left as seen by the viewer. Sinister (Latin for 'left') [ 2 ] indicates the left-hand side as regarded by the bearer – the bearer's proper left, and to the right as seen by the viewer.
The heraldic terms dexter ('right') and sinister ('left') represent the shield bearer's perspective, not the viewer's. To dexter or the viewer's left is the direction animals are presumed to face. This position is thus not specified unless necessary for clarity, as when a human or human-like being is depicted (the default position for these is ...
Movement is sinistral (left-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the left, or if straddling the fault the left side moves toward the observer. Movement is dextral (right-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the right, or if straddling the fault the right side moves toward the observer. [4]
Two styles of scimitars: an Egyptian shamshir (left) and an Ottoman kilij (right). A scimitar (/ ˈ s ɪ m ɪ t ər / or / ˈ s ɪ m ɪ t ɑːr /) [1] is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade [2] [3] [4] of about 76.2 to 91.44cm (30 to 36 inches) associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures.
The fylfot is known to have been very popular amongst these incoming tribes from Northern Europe, as it is found on artefacts such as brooches, sword hilts and funerary urns. [9] Although the findings at Sutton Hoo are most instructive about the style of lordly Anglo-Saxon burials, the fylfot or gammadion on the silver dish unearthed there ...
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On the obverse is Victory standing left, holding a staff surmounted by a staurogram. An oil lamp with staurogram from Caesarea Maritima. Glass Factory Museum, Nahsholim, Israel. The staurogram (⳨), also monogrammatic cross or tau-rho, [1] is a ligature composed of a superposition of the Greek letters tau (Τ) and rho (Ρ).