12-09-2019, 09:15 PM
About the "why", I'm wondering if it could be because they didn't want to draw holy figures. Or their environment forbade it somehow.
No matter how you put it, it's extremely uncommon for a medieval European work to contain over 300 human figures, of which not a single Jesus, angel, saint or clergyman.
Might this be because of a form of aniconism?
Protestantism is too late, of course. The Byzantine iconoclasms too early. But there are other options, like the Nestorians under Muslim rule.
No matter how you put it, it's extremely uncommon for a medieval European work to contain over 300 human figures, of which not a single Jesus, angel, saint or clergyman.
Might this be because of a form of aniconism?
Protestantism is too late, of course. The Byzantine iconoclasms too early. But there are other options, like the Nestorians under Muslim rule.