### Agnus Dei, arches, tympanon of the gates
Agnus Dei (Latin, Lamb of God) Old Christian representation of Jesus on altars, wall-pictures of chancels, tympanums of gates from the Roman age and on royal signets. It is a lamb-shape with a cross and a glory around its head. KT arches The side of a door or window, which is usually at a right angle with the plain of the aperture. To obtain better lighting it was formed of slanting palins, in a 44 degree angle with the palin of the facade, in a funnel-shape, and it was richly partitioned. (Ják, Lébény, Bélapátfalva) KT the tympanon of the gates Framed fields above the entrance of secular or ecclesiastical buildings. Most often it is decorated with scenes and figures from the New Testament (Maiestas Domini, Agnus Dei, Virgin Mary) and symbols. KT