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255 - Authority on the Right, Power on the Left

The Symbolic World

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The Pantylkrator - The Right Hand and the Left Hand

The structure of the Pantylkrator is based on a Roman tradition. And so you can see the same structure in this image. It's understood by most art historians as also representing authority and power. The way that Roman society function during the Republic, you had the senators.

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