[Leica] IMG: Ancient portraits of Christ

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Do did you take these pictures? With a macro?

- - from my iRabs.
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: "John D. Nebel" <john.nebel at csdco.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:53:29 -0600
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ancient portraits of Christ
> 
> Greetings!
> 
> In 692 AD at the Quinisext Council in Constantinople, Canon LXXXII
> established, 
> according to the epitome, "Thou shalt not paint a lamb for the type of 
> Christ,
> but himself."  The Byzantine emperor was Justinian II, and the empire's
> coinage 
> consequently depicted Christ as a human figure.
> 
> <http://photos.csd.net/justinian_ii.html> was minted during Justinian II's
> first 
> reign.  This portrait of Christ misses the mark "himself" as it is likely
> based 
> on the Greek sculptor's, Phidias's statue of Zeus from Olympia, made about 
> a
> millennium before and one of the wonders of the ancient world.
> 
> Mouse over the coin's image to see the reverse, or click for a larger 
> image.
> This coin and the next are about 19mm diameter, 4gms mass.  The coin's 
> reverse
> depicts Justinian II.
> 
> The Phidias image of Christ appears to have become the standard as one can 
> see
> from a WP image of a wall painting at Hagia Sophia made centuries later,
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Byzantinischer_Mosaizist_um_1020_001.jpg>
> 
> During Justinian II's second reign another coin was minted, perhaps a more
> realist depiction of Christ, <http://photos.csd.net/justinian_ii_2a.html>. 
> On
> the reverse, Justinian II is on the left, Tiberius on the right.  Similar
> mouse 
> functions on the image.
> 
> C&C welcome!
> 
> Best,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
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