Artistic representations other than sculpture go for the rays-of-light
version--I'm thinking in particular of Dore's 19th-century engravings, and
there may be some paintings too. "Horns" were the only way a sculptor would
have had to depict such a thing on Moses' head.
John Parsons
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997 [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > Dear Avril, I deleted my frist response, feeling sure someone else would
> > answer what I said. The Horned Moses is at San Pietro in Vincolo, St Peter
> > in Chains, in Rome. Michelangelo is said to have struck Moses' knee with
> his
> > chisel (ouch!), and said 'Speak!', and the mark is still there.
>
> Julia,
>
> That's precisely the problem. If the "mistranslation" theory is correct, or
> is the entire story, why don't we have dozens of works with a horned Moses?
> Why only Michelangelo's? or are there others?
>
> pat sloane
>
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