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Begin to watch the "medieval symbolism 1".

Four-pointed stars
Its shape resembles a cross. This is sometimes portrayed the star of Bethlehem which led the Magi to the newborn Christ. Reminiscent of both the birth of Christ and of his destiny.

The five-pointed, or pentagram
In Christianity, points to the five wounds of Christ on the Cross (the symbol is much older and has a set of values). The upside...

Toad
The symbol of the devil, in a picture means a disgusting sin.

Crane
According to legend, every night, some cranes are awake to guard his son Czar. They stand on one leg, holding the stone in the other, and if you suddenly fall asleep, rock falls and wakes them. Because the crane - a symbol of vigilance and dedication.

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Mouth
 
Open mouth - a symbol of greed, but sometimes the breath of life. Jaws of monsters in the paintings symbolize hell.

Hand
 
"Manus Dei, the hand of God, - a symbol of God the Father.

Candle
Symbol of Christ, grace and inner light. When two candles placed on the altar, it symbolized his human and divine nature, three candles - the Trinity.

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MEDIEVAL SYMBOLISM
Have you ever stand at some medieval paintings of the artist, feeling like an illiterate? About the plot can at least read the title. But the secret language of painting, intuitive painter and his contemporaries, and often goes unheeded. What do the letters in the left corner, why not splash in the river fish, and dolphin, that for a pitcher, or gate, or pearls, for which attention and some were not treated right away? To little to fill the gap in knowledge, we invite...

Black stones Iki
 
    Kand. History Andrey Zhukov
 
 
The earliest history of humankind, encompassing the period Many thousands of pre-literate history, to this day remains, in fact, terra incognita. Only in textbooks and review papers, where a few pages can be placed throughout this period of world history, he appears as a sufficiently clear and coherent picture. But "paint a picture" is not so difficult. And what this "picture" simply,...