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Two queries:
"An expandable image of an eighth-century portrait of A. from Faras in Lower Nubia"
This image shows A with her finger on her lips as if to command silence. I've never seen such a pose on Anna. Any explanation? I have a dictionary of gestures and their meaning - elsewhere.
Later you refer to the "dormition" of A. I thought this term referred only to Mary's passage from this world. Is there a tradition that A also was (semi-, partially, somewhat, totally) assumed into heaven or do I not know the meaning of the term, a not unheard-of possibility?
Thanks!
 
Marjorie Greene
http://medrelart.shutterfly.com/

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