medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 11/22/2011 1:46 AM, John Dillon wrote: [in part]
>> and i've always loved that left shoulder on the figure on the right, almost as
>> much as the loverly-coiffed lower doo on this Old Greybeard
>>
>> http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066263_city-nonresonant0057.jpg.
> Who seems to me to be Arsenius the Great. What do others think?
He's holding a rotulus (anachronistic vertical scroll), as is the figure
on the right, which often is found in depictions of prophets. The
writing on the right seems legible, but not enough for me to decipher.
Bob Kraft, UPenn emeritus
> Best again,
> John Dillon
>
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