The constellation
D1639 Automata: other motifs
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- Automata as door-keepers · D1639.1 entry
- Image of Virgin saves painter. Stretches forth hand and keeps him from falling · D1639.2 entry
- Images at church turn backs as mark of disfavor. Done when abandoned woman or merman enters. (Cf. B82, D1622.) · D1639.3 entry
- Statue laughs and reveals crime · D1639.4 entry
- Calf of gold moves · D1639.5 entry
- Carved image jumps at maker's command · D1639.6 entry