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s
N
nak
and
Gobind Si
gh
feature prominently. Gur
N
nak is typically depicted as radiant, white-bearded, and turbaned, gazing in benediction. Sometimes all ten Gur
s are portrayed in a single picture, illustrating their essential unity. A picture of
Harimandir
S
hib,
Amritsar
, is popular and to be seen in many Sikh houses, as are paper calendar pictures of the Gur
s.

 
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(Gk., ‘a picture stand’). The screen in Eastern-rite churches separating sanctuary from nave. Since the 14th or 15th cents. the screen has been a wall of wood (a Russian innovation) or stone covered with
icons
, which follow a prescribed arrangement. Through it are three doors, the central or Royal Door admitting to the altar, and those on the right and left respectively to the
diakonicon
(deacon's area) and
prothesis
. The iconostasis conceals part of the liturgy from the view of the congregation.

 
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Icons
:

see
ICON
.

 
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