Though I remember recommending it recently to this list, try J.-C.
Schmidt's *Raison des Gestes* where he discusses this, though, to my
memory not wholly to my satisfaction. I have probably spelled the
author's last name incorrectly (I can't ever get it right), but the title
is good.
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Patricia McGurk wrote:
> Dear Learned Scholars,
> Can anyone enlighten me concerning the origin and full meaning of the hand
> gesture of two fingers of the right hand extended with the thumb pointing
> upwards? One sees it in iconography of Christ, prelates etc. It is
> apparently associated with consecration, blessing, ecclesiastical authority
> and the like.
> Thank you
>
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