The Arma Christi [General discussion]

[-JKP-]

But that's not helical, unless you have two serpents. That's a simple spiral (and some of the Arma Christi drawings are like that).


I did see quite a number of Synagoga images in which the blindfold was a serpent, so I imagine that is a back-reference, but I don't know if it was specifically to the Adam and Eve serpent, since serpents are such a general symbol used in a lot of ways.

Oops, sorry, I've been saying "helical" when I mean double helix. Very sorry to cause confusion.

The simple spiral is a helix. And then there are ones like the oak and ivy with a double helix. Those are the ones that might have been drawn as a double helix because it also creates an "X" shape (like the "x" on the sword that is usually to the left of the pole).