[Leica] IMG: Ancient portraits of Christ

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Leica S2?!

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> 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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