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  2. Mantle (monastic vesture) - Wikipedia

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    Bishop Mercurius of Zaraysk wearing the episcopal mantle (St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Manhattan).. A mantle (Koinē Greek: μανδύας, romanized: mandyas; Church Slavonic: мантия, romanized: mantiya) is an ecclesiastical garment in the form of a very full cape that extends to the floor, joined at the neck, that is worn over the outer garments.

  3. William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job - Wikipedia

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    And when they lifted up their eyes afar off & knew him not they lifted up their voice & wept, and rent every Man his mantle & sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven Job's Despair: Let the Day perish wherin I was Born (Based upon Job 3:3) The Vision of Eliphaz: Then a Spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up

  4. Himation - Wikipedia

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    Statues at the "House of Cleopatra" in Delos, Greece.Woman and man wearing himations. A himation (/ h ɪ ˈ m æ t i ˌ ɒ n / hə-MAT-ee-un, [1] Ancient Greek: ἱμάτιον) was a type of clothing, a mantle or wrap worn by ancient Greek men and women from the Archaic period through the Hellenistic period (c. 750–30 BC). [2]

  5. Category:Biblical art - Wikipedia

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    Prints based on the Bible (3 C, 12 P) S. Sculptures of biblical people (4 C) Pages in category "Biblical art" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 ...

  6. Biblia pauperum - Wikipedia

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    The Biblia pauperum (Latin for "Paupers' Bible") was a tradition of picture Bibles beginning probably with Ansgar, and a common printed block-book in the later Middle Ages to visualize the typological correspondences between the Old and New Testaments. Unlike a simple "illustrated Bible", where the pictures are subordinated to the text, these ...

  7. Veil of Isis - Wikipedia

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    Isis as a veiled "goddess of life" with a French translation of the Sais inscription on the pedestal, located at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. The veil of Isis is a metaphor and allegorical artistic motif representing the inaccessibility of nature's secrets, personified as the goddess Isis shrouded by a veil or mantle.

  8. Forget Elf on the Shelf—Martha on the Mantle Is Here to Add ...

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    Martha on the Mantle is flexible enough to sit in various positions. Place her on your desk to bask in the holiday spirit while you work or on your bookshelf next to your collection of Martha's ...

  9. Mantle (clothing) - Wikipedia

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    A mantle (from old French mantel, from mantellum, the Latin term for a cloak) is a type of loose garment usually worn over indoor clothing to serve the same purpose as an overcoat. Technically, the term describes a long, loose cape -like cloak worn from the 12th to the 16th century by both sexes, although by the 19th century, it was used to ...