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The Descent of the Holy SpiritApostles

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

12th century (Georgian-Byzantine cloisonné tradition)· Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts (National Museum of Georgia)
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). The underlying 12th-century cloisonné-enamel-on-gold icon (Shalva Amiranashvili Museum, Tbilisi) is in the public domain.