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gorgoneion

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gorgoneion
In classical decoration, the mask of a Gorgon, a woman with snakes for hair, to avert evil influences.
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18) The sash crosses the chest diagonally under the Gorgoneion and over a fold of cloth and the bare left shoulder to support a long grey quiver embossed with an intricate, gold spiral pattern; a sheath of gold arrows protrudes from its top behind the left arm.
Marguerite de Navarre and the androgynous portrait of Francois Ier by Meyer, Barbara Hochstetler / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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