medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> We still see these at the end of the medieval period, so they are not
> only 'early'. Here is a 1490 Augsburg woodcut (644k jpeg):
>
> <http://freespace.virgin.net/angus.graham/Sorg.jpg>
Dear Angus,
I would venture to suggest that this is a separate phenomenon.
Pseudo-Kufic and
Pseudo-Hebrew inscriptions on the hems of garments crop up quite
commonly in
the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Sometimes they are real
inscriptions, as
well, as in some of Jan van Eyck's splendid panel paintings. The
gammadia are
always single letters and, while low on the garment, are not at the
hem. This is
another interesting use of letters as decoration on garments,
however -- a practice
that is still current, by the way (e.g. KC).
Cheers,
Jim
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