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The woman with the Jewish hat wouldn't represent "Synagogue" by any chance ?
(I've seen her blindfolded in Rochester Cathedral.
BMC
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Subject: Re: [M-R] Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The mystery figure
<http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_13-1.jpg> could be
wearing a Jew's hat (Stephen Morris' comment about OT prophets points to
this as well, as these figures are commonly shown wearing a Jew's hat -- and
not only in Byzantine art). Which could be why she's set apart a bit from
the other damned. Her gesture (denial of speech) complements those of two of
the damned arising from their graves on the opposite side of the composition
<http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_17-1.jpg>, shown
denying hearing and denying sight. I rather suspect that the three jointly
indicate the utter awfulness of the torments of the damned.
Best,
John Dillon
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