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Devotional images

Scope note

Images used in private piety in the church or home, intended as recipients of prayer or aids to meditation; distinct from images that serve the liturgy or are primarily didactic. RINGBO

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000178241

Broader Terms used

<religious visual works>

Narrower Terms used

icons
Andachtsbilder

Equivalent Terms used

devotional image

Created

13yrs ago

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