Index of All themes.

  • Status

    Images of people given their status in life such as Bishop, or Knight, or Child.

  • Teaching-the-Virgin-to-Read
  • Temperance

    Temperance is one of the four cardinal virtues of the Ancient World. Often depicted with water with which the fire of lust is extinguished.

  • Thomas-Aquinas

    Italian Dominican theologian, and one of the most important medieval philosophers.

  • Three-Marys-at-the-Tomb
  • Tobias

    The son of Tobit in the Book of Tobit, Tobias is guided by the angel Raphael on a journey to recover his father’s money and to find a wife. Along the way, he marries Sarah, who had been plagued by a demon, and through Raphael’s help, frees her. His story emphasizes faith, filial duty, and divine guidance.

  • Tree-of-Jesse

    A depiction of the ancestors of Christ starting from the father of King David, Jesse of Bethlehem.

  • Triton

    Neptune's trumpeter son, herald of the seas

  • Tympanum

    The triangular space over a door between the lintel and the arch.

  • Venus-Aphrodite

    The Roman and Greek goddess of love, and beauty.

  • Virgin-Mary

    Mother of Christ.

  • Visitation

    The visit to Hebron by the Virgin Mary to St Elizabeth who was pregnant with John the Baptist.

  • Wedding-at-Cana

    Representation of Christ's miracle of turning water into wine.

  • Weighing-of-Souls

    In Christian theology the souls of the dead are weighed so as to judge them. This is based on the theory that sin is heavy and thus those that do not pass the test are destined for hell.

  • Widows-Son
  • Windows

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  • Women

    Representations of women.

  • Zechariah

    Father of John the Baptist, Zechariah was a priest who served in the Temple at Jerusalem. According to the Gospel of Luke, he was visited by the angel Gabriel, who foretold the birth of his son. Because he doubted the message, he was struck mute until John’s birth, after which he praised God in the Benedictus.

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