orante
Also known as orant, adorant, prayer
thumb|An early Christian painting of Noah praying in the gesture of orant right|thumb|Fresco in the Catacomb of Priscilla showing a Christian woman wearing a headcovering and praying in the orant posture thumb|Christian man praying in the gesture of orant, Catacombs of Rome#Catacombs of Domitilla|Catacombs of Domitilla, [[Rome]] Orans, a loanword from Medieval Latin orans () translated as "one who is praying or pleading", also orant or orante, as well as lifting up holy hands, is a posture or bodily attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with t
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Article · Italiano
Gli oranti sumeri sono statuette in calcare, alabastro o terracotta con inserti in conchiglia o in pietre dure negli occhi; gli occhi sgranati e le mani accostate esprimono l'atteggiamento di adorazione del fedele. Le piccole dimensioni di queste statuette vogliono dimostrare l'inferiorità dell'essere umano rispetto alla divinità.Adesso sono state collocate nel Oriental Instituite Museum, di Chicago, negli Stati Uniti
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