medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Forgive the cross posting, please.
In the thousand or so medieval wall paintings in the Danish village
churches, a trial search show the following.
There are 155 representations of God with a cruciform halo
There are 29 representations of God with a plain halo
There are 34 representations of God with no halo.
This is only a small sample of the information in these wall paintings.
Further, in the 50 page version of the Biblia Pauperum all representations
of Christ are shown with a cruciform halo, God with 6 cruciform halos, 3 no
halos, John 1 halo.
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