Reply-To: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: gestures > > 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 [...]50_14Sep199913:01:[log in to unmask] |