james mills <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>In Balerup, dated 1240, the Agnus Die is shown with a Cross Nimbus. Is this a
common occurrence or unusual?
Dear Jim,
it seems like i've seen some mid-/later-/ 12th century examples of this, but
of course the memory won't be teased out of hiding.
there's a keystone in the chapter house(?--off the cloister) at
vezelay with a lovely lamb which, i *believe* has suchlike an one; though it
might be that it is a question of the more commonly seen lamb with a cross
--or cross-topped staff-- wrapped in its leg. --got a slide of it around
here, someplace....
and at, i believe, Charouce (or its neighborhood: dio. Troyes), there is
a magnificent life-size 15th-early 16th c. John the Baptist holding a
sort of disk on which is depicted the Lamb --and i'm wanting to see a cross in
there somewhere... Claire?? wake up.
>In Bellinge, dated 1496, the Dove of the Holy Ghost is shown with a
Cross Nimbus. Again, is this common or unusual?
i draw a blank on this one.
>In the same church, the wall painting of the Last Supper shows Christ
with a simple nimbus, similar to those shown of the disciples. Is this
depiction common?
certainly not in romanesque nor early-gothic france, to my knowledge.
how can you tell the players, without a program?
best from here,
christopher
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