[split] full head in star-shaped rays

[Bernd]

Should we split off the discussion about the origin of the star-sun to a new thread?

Some of the star-shaped rays are definitely halos or in a divine context. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. used them extensively in his illuminations of Dante's Paradiso. Only the one Koen already showed depicts a sun, simply described as The Light. The lower image shows Dante and Beatrice before ascending to the Heaven of the Sun. Upper Right Thomas Aquinas with Dominic and Francis. Left needing no introduction - the Holy Virgin.

   

Yates Thompson MS 36, after 1444 (?)
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Giovani di Paolo was probably influenced by the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and other Flemish painters who had been in Siena.
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Both Sun, Star of Bethlehem and divine light has the ray appearance. The landscape also is similar to Taccola. Yet no full head in star-shaped rays.