On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Claire Labrecque wrote:
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 08:41:02 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Claire Labrecque <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Square nimbus
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> Dear listmembers.
>
>
> I wonder if anyone could tell me a bit more than C.R. Dodwell on the
> representation of square nimbus(written sources or references). According to
> Dodwell, the square nimbus in the representation of Desiderius at
> Sant'Angelo in Formis "can denote the living" of Desiderius, contrary to the
> circular nimbus(for St Benedict).
>
> Many thanks.
> Claire Labrecque
> Un.Laval, Quebec.
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The literature on S. Prassede (Browning's St. Praxed's) says the same
thing about a square nimbus behind the head of a figure in a side chapel.
tom izbicki
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