Re: Byzantine nymphs...?

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 00:53 28/09/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >Experts agree that the illustrations should be
> >traced back to statues from classical times.
> 
> Do these experts suggest that the same type of sign
> language encodes hidden 
> meanings in (say) carvings (of sets of figures) or
> rows of statues? Or is 
> the language able to be read one symbol at a time -
> ie, a single statue or 
> image?


No, there is no indication of any sign language. 
I only vaguely recall (and therefore left it out of
the  earlier message) that the skin colour of the
nymph was related to a day or night event.
I need to re-read the article. There were also
further references which I have not yet been 
able to trace down.

The event times come from the abbreviated text
written near each nymph.

Cheers, Rene

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