I imagine what is meant is a nimbus within which the arms of a cross are
evident for example in
Petrus Christus, Young Man in an Interior, panel c. 1450, London, National
Gallery
Anonymous, The Mosaic Icon c. 1300 at Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome
Israhel van Meckenem, Vera Icon, engraving c. 1440
Plenty of art books have examples but one can see a range in the widely
available
Henk van Os, The Art of Devotion in the late Middle Ages in Europe
1300-1500, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1995
Regards
John Hall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher M. Mislow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 20 October 2000 11:22
Subject: Cross Nimbus
The current discussion regarding the frequency of a Cross Nimbus raises,
for me, an embarrassing confession of ignorance; i.e., exactly what is a
Cross Nimbus? (I have been unable to locate a photograph or diagram, but
would assume -- from "nimbus" -- a cross with trefoils at the extremities,
similiar to a Cross Botontée.)
--Christopher
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