The Arma Christi [General discussion]

[arca_libraria]

Thanks, arca! Those are quite interesting.



Looking through Add MS 88929, I found You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. quite revealing. I was suspecting those huge flowers with wide open tops referred to events in the sky. I thought You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. meant the eclipse, but this looks better, it's the wound held by angels in a cloudy frame. Ascension?

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In addition to the above, there's this beautiful little figurine that was sold by Sotheby's (a very fancy auction house in London) a few years ago. The figurine is Dutch, ~16.5cms tall, and dated to c. 1500–1525, but the shape of the cloud-band and the little rays attached to the figures are certainly reminiscent of a few flowers in the VMS. The Sotheby's page says that there's a similar item by the same artist/workshop in the Catherijneconvent museum, but I think the Catherijneconvent website is broken as it won't load at all for me. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..