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  2. Byzantine coinage - Wikipedia

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    Solidus minted during the second reign of Justinian II (705–711). Early Byzantine coins continue the late Greco-Roman conventions: on the obverse the head of the Roman Emperor, now full face rather than in profile; [note 1] on the reverse, usually a Christian symbol such as the cross or an angel (the two tending to merge into one another).

  3. Star and crescent - Wikipedia

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    Sealing depicting the Neo Sumerian King, Ibbi-Sin seated with a star or Dingir and crescent adjacent to him Depiction of the emblems of Ishtar (Venus), Sin (Moon), and Shamash (Sun) on a boundary stone of Meli-Shipak II (12th century BC) Venus, Sun and Moon on the Stele of Nabonidus (r. 556–539 BC) found at Harran (Şanlıurfa Museum) [10]

  4. Chasuble - Wikipedia

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    Bishop Czeslaw Kozon, the Catholic bishop of Copenhagen, in pontifical liturgical vestments including the Chasuble.. The chasuble (/ ˈ tʃ æ zj ʊ b əl /) is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches.

  5. Double-headed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The double-headed eagle is an iconographic symbol originating in the Bronze Age. A heraldic charge, it is used with the concept of an empire. Most modern uses of the emblem are directly or indirectly associated with its use by the late Byzantine Empire, originally a dynastic emblem of the Palaiologoi.

  6. Porphyry (geology) - Wikipedia

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    The term porphyry is from the Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphyra), meaning "purple". Purple was the colour of royalty, and the Roman "imperial porphyry" was a deep purple igneous rock with large crystals of plagioclase. Some authors claimed the rock was the hardest known in antiquity. [3]

  7. The color purple: It's a new movie and an old hue that's rich ...

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    NEW YORK (AP) — "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker's “The Color Purple.” In nature ...

  8. Byzantine blue - Wikipedia

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    Byzantine blue is a color ranging from light celestial blue or lazuli to dark Egyptian blue. Variations. Dark Byzantine blue. The dark variation is best described ...

  9. Tekhelet - Wikipedia

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    The Sifrei says that counterfeit tekhelet was made from both "[red] dye and indigo", indicating that the overall color was purple. [ c ] However, other sources list just "indigo" as the counterfeit, suggesting either that in their opinion the colour was purely blue, or that indigo was the main counterfeit ingredient and the other ingredients ...