tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post7231318188969345168..comments2024-03-28T12:26:03.686+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Walls, Tiepolo, and S James the Great (2)Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58576069871117942372021-11-06T20:32:06.429+00:002021-11-06T20:32:06.429+00:00The cross of Santiago Matamoros is red on white:
...The cross of Santiago Matamoros is red on white: <br /><br />http://los23delcampodemontiel.com/page28.htmlPercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320853739144623405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10508664331246021102021-11-06T17:57:19.386+00:002021-11-06T17:57:19.386+00:00I understand that one of St James’ hands (supposed...I understand that one of St James’ hands (supposedly) is in a safe at St Peter’s, Catholic Church. Marlow. IRoger Spongehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711892792174333726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3028386387054640772021-11-06T17:19:44.701+00:002021-11-06T17:19:44.701+00:00I think it's the Cross of St. James, albeit mu...I think it's the Cross of St. James, albeit much simplified from the Order of Santiago's Santiago cross. And Santiago and Calatrava's military order crosses were both riffing on the Templar cross.<br /><br />But yes, it's possible that Tiepolo was walking a line toward the St. George cross, and maybe trying to remind everybody that the English had once fought in Spain to help the Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-61635853711049118422021-11-06T14:50:13.768+00:002021-11-06T14:50:13.768+00:00https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/t/tiepolo/g...<a rel="nofollow">https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/t/tiepolo/gianbatt/3_1740s/09sjames.html</a><br />This web site states:<br />According to the latest research, however, the painting was commissioned by the Spanish Ambassador to London and executed in Venice in 1749-50; it is true that the Venetian chronicler mentions a picture of St George on horseback, but it is not unlikely that an Christophorushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448269442353234831noreply@blogger.com