Morten St George Theory

[ReneZ]

For the second quote, I was merely citing Wikipedia where the phrase "high medieval period" was surely meant to refer to the period from circa 1200 (which would include the early 13th century) until the year 1497 when depictions of the Sun and Moon with faces exploded.

The high medieval period is roughly 1000 - 1250.
The page is saying that the faces in the manuscript from around 1200 are very uncommon.

At least it is clear that this was a misunderstanding, and not intentional.