[Hebrews 11:6]

It's from a misunderstanding of the Latin translation of the Bible. Moses' face was said to be "radiant" when he came down from Sinai after forty days with God, which seems understandable enough. But "radiant" in the Latin version shares the meaning of horns radiating from an animal. So, at least a third of the artists routinely portray Moses as horned!

Now that you've noticed, you'll see them again and again....

[delchiante]

Thank you for that.
Radiant.

Interestingly, if counting, the day Moses comes down the mount and his radiant face shines, is around 144 days from Passover.
It has all the hints of the timing of the Mount of Transfiguration.
Even Elijah’s mount time is hinted to appear to overlap it, with him having to cover his face

[freefdny]

Great stuff. Thanks for posting. There’s a good Wikipedia article about the Michelangelo Moses. It goes into the horn issue. I did not know that Sigmund Freud wrote an essay about the piece. Very interesting whatever you think of Freud. He talks about the restrained anger of Moses at his people for turning away from God and building the golden calf.

“ In his first transport of fury, Moses desired to act, to spring up and take vengeance and forget the Tables; but he has overcome the temptation, and he will now remain seated and still, in his frozen wrath and his pain mingled with contempt. Nor will he throw away the Tables so that they will break on the stones, for it is on their particular account that he has controlled his anger; it was to preserve them that he kept his passion in check. In giving way to his rage and indignation, he had to neglect the Tables, and the hand which upheld them was withdrawn. They began to slide down and were in danger of being broken. This brought him to himself. He remembered his mission and for its sake renounced an indulgence of his feelings. ”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_(Michelangelo)

Thanks again for posting

[SisterK]

Thanks for the explanation of the horns. I was also bothered by them.

stained glass no. 20 is absolutely gorgeous