Down the slope and across the moonlit lawn approached a stately figure surrounded by nine floating luminaries.

The same figure, surrounded by laurels, reappears half a century later on the back of all austral banknotes.

She was young - the chart said 22, but the slender figure surrounded by life-support equipment appeared even younger.

The khagan was the paramount figure, surrounded by a minority of nomadic aristocracy.

The central figure is often described as a seated figure, possibly ithyphallic, surrounded by animals.

A silhouette appeared in the entrance, a dark figure surrounded by the pale winter sunlight.

Sanshin are the local gods of mountains typically represented as an elder male figure surrounded by tigers.

Conina looked back at the figure surrounded by the glowing blue aura.

Under the lintel in the door jamb is another carved panel of a seated figure surrounded by more glyphs.

With these figures surrounded by so much text - often talking points come up screen right - they come to seem like moving book illustrations.