medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Am 21.11.2011 um 18:34 schrieb Christopher Crockett:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> o.k., since you Guys know the names of everything, what is it that the angel
> on the left is holding:
I think, it's a "digitum", a finger: The deacon shows the exactly point of a text with it to the celebrant.
>
> http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066217_city-nonresonant0009.jpg
>
> not a flabellum --some kind of rod with a round object on the end of it.
>
> and, just to put a fine edge on your nomenclaturatorial blades, how about
> these two ladies on their way to the Nativity
>
> http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066209_city-nonresonant0020.jpg
>
> the spherical something on the right almost looks like some sort of
> metastasized censor (an essential tool at any Nativity, i suppose),
why not? but could also be a vessel for anything else …
> but what's
> the Deal with that scroll holder thingie the girl on the left is holding
> (along with some a staff?).
What else than a text-roll, but we could guess, what is the importance of this role on this opportunity …
>
> and i've always loved that left shoulder on the figure on the right, almost as
> much as the loverly-coiffed lower doo on this Old Greybeard
>
> http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066263_city-nonresonant0057.jpg.
What's the problem? With his right hand he shows upwards, in his left hand he has a text role;
yours
Karl
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