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To: P-Marlowe

Ah. No, the Savior blesses with two, not three fingers extended

The Savior Blessing

Zurbaran

1638
Oil on canvas, 99 x 71 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

7,576 posted on 01/26/2007 5:13:53 PM PST by annalex

To: P-Marlowe

This is incidentally, the oldest extant icon of Christ. Note the position of the fingers.

Christ the Savior

c. 600 CE
Mt. Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery

7,579 posted on 01/26/2007 5:17:29 PM PST by annalex

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