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  2. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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    Islamic ornament is the use of decorative forms and patterns in Islamic art and Islamic architecture. Its elements can be broadly divided into the arabesque , using curving plant-based elements, geometric patterns with straight lines or regular curves, and calligraphy , consisting of religious texts with stylized appearance, used both ...

  3. Religious art - Wikipedia

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    Religious art. 9th century Byzantine mosaic of the Hagia Sophia showing the image of the Virgin and Child, one of the first post-iconoclastic mosaics. It is set against the original golden background of the 6th century. Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans.

  4. Christmas decoration - Wikipedia

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    Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments. Types of decorations Glass ornaments. Figural glass Christmas ornaments originated in the small town of Lauscha, Germany in the latter half of the 19th century. The town had long produced fine glassware. The production of Christmas ornaments became a family affair for many people.

  5. Roman funerary art - Wikipedia

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    Roman funerary art. Marble cinerary chest (90–110 AD), made by Marcus Domitius Primigenius "for himself, his freedmen and freedwomen, and their descendants": the deceased makes an offering to a reclining female figure who may be Mother Earth, with two attendants holding food and wine ( Metropolitan Museum of Art) [1] The funerary art of ...

  6. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.

  7. Christian cross variants - Wikipedia

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    Christian crosses are used widely in churches, on top of church buildings, on bibles, in heraldry, in personal jewelry, on hilltops, and elsewhere as an attestation or other symbol of Christianity. Crosses are a prominent feature of Christian cemeteries , either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stelae .

  8. Pectoral cross - Wikipedia

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    The pectoral is the latest addition to episcopal ornaments. The custom, however, of wearing a cross on the breast either with or without holy relics, dates back to ancient time and was observed not only by bishops, but also by priests and lay people.

  9. Religious symbol - Wikipedia

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    A religious symbol is an iconic representation intended to represent a specific religion, or a specific concept within a given religion. [1] Religious symbols have been used in the military in many countries, such as the United States military chaplain symbols .

  10. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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    The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, though many types are plant-scrolls, which loosely represent plant forms such as vines, with leaves or flowers attached.

  11. Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See include titles, chivalric orders, distinctions and medals honoured by the Holy See, with the Pope as the fount of honour, for deeds and merits of their recipients to the benefit of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, or their respective communities, societies, nations and the world at large.