Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rabs, ... an ancient Sinar with a macro lens, 10 years old, an aeon for electronics, <http://www.ancientmoney.org/about/sinar_cp.html>. Best, John On 4/3/2012 12:28 PM, Mark Rabiner 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information