06-07-2018, 11:31 PM
Two non-manuscript solar traditions jump to mind for me.
The first is late Roman images of a Sun God which can be viewed in such places as Bath (UK). You mainly get these male Gorgon Heads in outlying settlements of the Empire which adjoin places of Celtic influence. Yes they are late Roman, but they could influence later Middle Age intellectuals who saw them.
![[Image: god-gif.gif]](http://www.geocities.ws/romansungod/god-gif.gif)
A second is a particular 16th century Christian tradition which you got in southern Spain, in Christian bishoprics adjoining Al-Andalus. Slightly later than our manuscript, but the symbol is understood to have been in use during the conquista of Muslim lands. Several Spanish Bishops spontaneously started to use sun gods as their own personal insignia when appointed. This is the Sol de Portocarreno from Almería, a fine example of the style. It is understood that the symbol represents the protection of God over the roads which lead the true believers from Islam to Christianity. The suns are quasi-official Christian representations which only exists across Andalusia.
![[Image: Sol%2Bde%2BPortocarrero.jpg]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9pjSKBGJWT0/VjbgSTo0thI/AAAAAAAABJ4/s5kSrIv7AxU/s640/Sol%2Bde%2BPortocarrero.jpg)
The first is late Roman images of a Sun God which can be viewed in such places as Bath (UK). You mainly get these male Gorgon Heads in outlying settlements of the Empire which adjoin places of Celtic influence. Yes they are late Roman, but they could influence later Middle Age intellectuals who saw them.
A second is a particular 16th century Christian tradition which you got in southern Spain, in Christian bishoprics adjoining Al-Andalus. Slightly later than our manuscript, but the symbol is understood to have been in use during the conquista of Muslim lands. Several Spanish Bishops spontaneously started to use sun gods as their own personal insignia when appointed. This is the Sol de Portocarreno from Almería, a fine example of the style. It is understood that the symbol represents the protection of God over the roads which lead the true believers from Islam to Christianity. The suns are quasi-official Christian representations which only exists across Andalusia.