Celestial faces

[MarcoP]

The Bern charioteer sounds interesting. I think it could again be an image derived from classical models, where headbands / diadems were possibly given to winners in chariot races (I am going from memory and I may be wrong).


These sun and moon are from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., England 12th Century (another relatively early exampe):

   

The same page includes a bizarre image illustrating a passage from the Psalms, “the wicked, who are mere dust that a wind blows from the face of the earth” (non sic impii, non sic; sed tamquam pulvis quem proicit ventus a facie terrae).