Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each attribute to the figure it identifies.
- Wheel
- Keys
- Lion
- Arrows
- Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Saint Peter
- Saint Sebastian
- Saint Mark
Hints
- Attributes work like a visual dictionary.
- Each object identifies its bearer to a viewer who knows the code.
Show the answer
- Wheel → Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Keys → Saint Peter
- Lion → Saint Mark
- Arrows → Saint Sebastian
Why
Attributes are the iconographer’s dictionary: pre-modern viewers read them instantly, the way we read a logo. Learn the dictionary and the pictures start talking.
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