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Sefirotic Tree
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This elaborate Italian kabbalistic manuscript depicts the inner processes of the divine (the sefirot) in the shape of a tree (in Hebrew, ilan), or tree of life. Visualization plays an important part…

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Artist Unknown

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Date:

Early 16th Century

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Mysticism, Sefirot, Animals, Astrology, Astronomy

Categories:

Print & book culture, Science & philosophy, Astronomy
Manuscript page with Hebrew text in a half circle shape with many interior circles and branches, with center illustration of a person with three winged animals and an angel, another illustration on the left of person with a crown, and drawings along the perimeter of the half circle.
Hybrid Creatures with Four Wings Supporting Deity in Persian Seal Impression
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Hybrid creatures with four wings supporting deity in Persian seal impression, 6th or 5th century BCE. Biblical imagery and ancient Near Eastern iconography offer some parallels to the creatures…

Places:

Calah, Assyria (Nimrud, Iraq)

Date:

6th–5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Angels, demons & deities, Animals, Mysticism
Impression of two winged figures holding up a third winged figure.
Hybrid Creature with Wings on Stone Relief
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Hybrid creature with wings on stone relief, Carchemish, 9th century BCE. The creature has the body and head of a lion, an additional human head, and wings, paralleling some of the elements in Ezekiel…

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Carchemish, Kingdom of Carchemish (Carchemish, Turkey)

Date:

Mid-9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Angels, demons & deities, Animals, Mysticism, Sculpture

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Sculpture
Stone relief of winged lion-like figure with extra head wearing headdress.