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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Doctissimi, A friend on the med-art list posed a question and asked me to convey her query to you. It concerns an icon (modern) of St. Peter with a hand gesture similar or identical to one usually reserved to Christ - at least according to a friend who saw it. Here goes: " His hand gesture is a typical Greek blessing gesture, ring finger and thumb (not visible in the image) joined, with the other three fingers extended. A friend commented that that gesture is usually reserved for Christ and expressed surprise that Saint Peter would be so depicted. I promised I would ask the learned list about this. Any comments?" One med-art list member suggested that it had to do with the Pope's change from "Vicar of Peter" to "Vicar of Christ." I was not aware of any such formal (or informal) change, so am in complete ignorance regarding both the original question and the response. Thanks for any suggestions; I'll forward them to the friend. MG ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - NetZero HiSpeed! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month -visit www.netzero.com to sign up today! ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html