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English: The Emblematic Hand of the Mysteries - A hand covered with numerous symbols was extended to the neophytes when they entered into the Temple of Wisdom. An understanding of the symbols embossed upon the surface of the hand brought with it Divine power and regeneration. Therefore, by means of these symbolic hands the candidate was said to be raised from the dead [1] Español: Exvoto ofrecido a los dioses egipcios en agradecimiento por la curacion de un niño enfermo. |
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Bernard de Montfaucon: L' antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures, vol. II, parte II, plancha CXXXVII, p. 330. Book illustration of Antiquitas explanatione et schematibus |
| Author | Dibujo de Nicolas de Largillière, grabado de Benoit Audran. |
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| current | 05:40, 6 May 2006 | | 208 × 252 (27 KB) | Mattes | {{Information| |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} {{pd-art}} |
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