Pendilia

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title: Pendilia
text: Pendilia or pendoulia, are pendants or dangling ornaments hanging from a piece of metalwork such as a crown, votive crown, crux gemmata, or kamelaukion, and are a feature of Early Medieval goldsmith work. On crosses the pendilia may include the letters alpha and omega; on votive crowns, designed to be hung over altars and often featuring larger and more spectacular pendilia, they may spell out whole words. The term is commonly used in coin collecting. Pendilia are depicted on coins as jewels or
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original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendilia
date created: 2007-11-09T15:19:24Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T14:11:41Z
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