Unusual indeed, I have no idea what that could be.
I've been looking for early attestations of the Sun IHS in manuscripts but no success so far, it's hard to search for. JKP found this one from Milan, 1446, two years after the preacher's death. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
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I haven't found yet when precisely he introduced the symbol, but it must have been the 1420's or earlier. By the mid 1440's it becomes common in paintings of Bernardino, and I have the impression that by then it had already become accepted in Italy.
Any manuscripts with earlier attestations than 1446 must almost certainly be Italian.
I've been looking for early attestations of the Sun IHS in manuscripts but no success so far, it's hard to search for. JKP found this one from Milan, 1446, two years after the preacher's death. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
I haven't found yet when precisely he introduced the symbol, but it must have been the 1420's or earlier. By the mid 1440's it becomes common in paintings of Bernardino, and I have the impression that by then it had already become accepted in Italy.
Any manuscripts with earlier attestations than 1446 must almost certainly be Italian.