medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, March 19, 2007, at 3:13 pm, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> In the Autun Nativity, Joseph is indeed wearing headgear of some sort
> with a
> halo behind his head. And in the Flight, Gislebertus seems to have
> fashioned
> a plant which curves nicely behind J's head, faintly suggesting (at
> least to
> me) a halo.
It did to me also. And not just faintly (I read it as a halo substitute). What the object actually represents is not clear. Given the other botanicals up there, I suppose it could be a leaf of some sort. But my first thought, when I looked at it this morning, was "throw rug". Here's a view:
http://art-roman.net/autun/autun46x.jpg
Best again,
John Dillon
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