A Gnostic talisman – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A Gnostic talisman
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Among the plates of Charles William King's study of ancient engraved stones, this woodcut shows a talisman of the kind linked to Gnostic groups in the early centuries of the Christian era. Such objects often combined animal and human figures with inscribed words meant to carry protective power. The print appears as Fig. 6 R in *The Gnostics and Their Remains*, dated 1887, and King's illustrations let readers compare amulets and gems that most of them would never see in person. The caption information comes from an old card and has not been verified, so details about the original object should be checked against the book.
| Created / published | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
| Notes | Woodcut in The Gnostics & their remains. 1887. Fig. 6 R. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,207 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106379 |
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