I see what you guys mean about the collar. It may be so.
Adding to the possibility of sidelocks, I want to share a document which I found to be of interest, about the myth of the face of Jacob in the Moon:
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See especially pages 238 and onwards, where the origins of the medieval tradition, its development in 12th and 13th century Rhineland and into the 15th C texts, is described in detail.
Also I found the association of the moon with the letter Kaf (p. 242) interesting, as the semi-circles beneath a posited Jacob could be that letter (made to be like two waxing and waning half-moons?).
Adding to the possibility of sidelocks, I want to share a document which I found to be of interest, about the myth of the face of Jacob in the Moon:
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See especially pages 238 and onwards, where the origins of the medieval tradition, its development in 12th and 13th century Rhineland and into the 15th C texts, is described in detail.
Also I found the association of the moon with the letter Kaf (p. 242) interesting, as the semi-circles beneath a posited Jacob could be that letter (made to be like two waxing and waning half-moons?).