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Hodegetria Indicating Gesture

In Hodegetria imagery, the Virgin’s hand gestures toward Christ; the gesture helps define the compositional type when read with the figures and other identifying evidence.

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Gestures + intercession

strong in combination identification strength

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Observation

The Virgin supports Christ while her free hand indicates or gestures toward him.

Identification

Strongly supports a Hodegetria-family compositional reading when paired with Virgin-and-Child identification.

Conventional association

The gesture is a defining relational clue in documented Hodegetria examples.

Theological interpretation

The gesture can be understood within Mary’s intermediary role and presentation of Christ.

Uncertainty

Do not identify Hodegetria from a pointing hand without confirming the figures and composition.

Safe-inference boundaryThis profile describes a source-bounded convention. It does not turn a generic clue into an assertion about any specific museum object unless an explicit object relationship/source supports that claim.
Direct graph trails

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Figures + icon types

3 direct
Virgin Hodegetria← uses-gesture · source-backedVirgin Mary← performs-gesture · source-backedChristindicates · source-backed

Scenes

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Verified objects

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Materials + making

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Sacred space

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

History + places

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Two-step navigation

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  1. Figures + icon typesTwo-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
  2. Figures + icon typesTwo-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
  3. History + placesTwo-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
  4. Verified objectsTwo-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
  5. Figures + icon types
    Hodegetria Indicating Gesture← uses-gestureVirgin Hodegetriatraditionally-attributed-toSaint Luke
    Two-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
  6. Verified objectsTwo-step navigation path, not a new direct historical claim.
Decoder source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Virgin Hodegetria (BZ.1946.14)
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Discovery profile

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3 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 3 navigation themes

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Recommendation boundaryThe next steps below are explainable graph/curriculum navigation, not a popularity ranking, similarity score, or claim of historical importance.
ChristHodegetria Indicating Gesture —indicates→ Christ · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-457.Virgin HodegetriaHodegetria Indicating Gesture ←uses-gesture— Virgin Hodegetria · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-455.Virgin MaryHodegetria Indicating Gesture ←performs-gesture— Virgin Mary · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-456.
Visible two-step paths

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  1. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  2. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  3. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
Beginner where-next

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BIU navigation synthesis maps Gesture / visual-grammar records to this preserved learning path; this is a learning suggestion, not historical importance.

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Connected record

← uses-gesture
Virgin Hodegetria
source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
← performs-gesture
Virgin Mary
source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
indicates
Christ
source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

Source trail

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Virgin Hodegetria (BZ.1946.14)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only; image reuse requires current Dumbarton Oaks rights review

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