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I have not researched this questions, but my impression is that whenever
the gesture first appeared (and I don't remember ever seeing it in works
dating before the millennium), it becomes common in the thirteenth
century. I made a conscious decision not to index prayer in my online
archive simply because it is ubiquitous, but here are a few relevant
examples:
http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/OrdinaryPeople3.html
row 1: grave stone of Dietrich c.1000, orans; end of row 2: cripples
praying at the shrine of St. Elizabeth, 13th c., hands joined; row 4 no.
2: Guy de Meyos kneeling before St Louis 1307, hands joined
http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/ThirteenthFifteenth3.html
first image: pilgrims praying to St. James, 1st half of 13th c., hands
apparently joined around staffs (and lower down the page, a rather
saccharine symbol of Matthew. late 15th c., hands joined)
http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/Clemence.html
effigy of Clémence of Hungary d. 1328, hands joined
best,
Genevra
home page: http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com
archive indices: http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/archive-1.html
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