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Synagogua isn't usually shown with a hat, is she?
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> On Jan 12, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The woman with the Jewish hat wouldn't represent "Synagogue" by any chance ? (I've seen her blindfolded in Rochester Cathedral.
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> BMC
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> The mystery figure <http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_13-1.jpg> could be wearing a Jew's hat (Stephen Morris' comment about OT prophets points to this as well, as these figures are commonly shown wearing a Jew's hat -- and not only in Byzantine art). Which could be why she's set apart a bit from the other damned. Her gesture (denial of speech) complements those of two of the damned arising from their graves on the opposite side of the composition <http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/FlorenceBaptMosaics_17-1.jpg>, shown denying hearing and denying sight. I rather suspect that the three jointly indicate the utter awfulness of the torments of the damned.
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> John Dillon
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