Acorn - Acorn

Japanese: エイコーン - えいこーん
Acorn - Acorn

…Other forms of religious images are also seen, such as metal embossing, enamel, wood or stone relief, mosaics, and textiles. The name “icon” comes from the Greek word eikon, pronounced in ancient times and ikon since the Middle Ages, and originally meant “portrait,” “likeness,” or “image in one’s mind.” This word was often used to describe religious images from the early Christian period, and so came to mean Christian iconography in a broad sense. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Acorn" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ほかに,金属の打出しやエマイユ,木や石の浮彫,モザイクや織物などで聖像をかたどる形式もみられる。〈イコン〉の名称は,古代にはエイコーン,中世以来イコンと発音されるギリシア語に由来し,〈肖像〉〈似姿〉〈心に思う像〉などがもとの意味である。この語が初期キリスト教時代の聖像を語る際にもしばしば用いられたところから,広義においてキリスト教図像全般を意味するようになった。…

※「エイコーン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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