Comments on: Paying homage to God http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/61 My World, My Thoughts Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/61/comment-page-1#comment-47 Tom Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:52:33 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=69#comment-47 Yeah that's the clue here, if you examine older art work you won't find any with persons on their knees with hands folded. And certainly there are no descriptions of it in any of the monastic writings. I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did :). Yeah that’s the clue here, if you examine older art work you won’t find any with persons on their knees with hands folded. And certainly there are no descriptions of it in any of the monastic writings.

I’m glad you enjoyed it as much as I did :) .

]]> By: Nils http://www.kgang.com/blog/archives/61/comment-page-1#comment-46 Nils Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:12:49 +0000 http://kgang.com/blog/?p=69#comment-46 Are you saying that folding hands, sat on knees for prayer stems from the feudal system? It's funny, but it could be true. I'm not an art historian (or even anything near it - I just learnt the term feudalism is a 17th century coinage!) but come to think of it: I can't seem to recall any of those early Christian images showing anyone with their hands folded. These copts, or folks in the catacombs, or even the Irish monks, all have their hand turned outwards, palms up. And homage, Etymonline says, comes from homme, French for man. Definitely secular then. Thanks, what a fascinating post. Are you saying that folding hands, sat on knees for prayer stems from the feudal system? It’s funny, but it could be true. I’m not an art historian (or even anything near it – I just learnt the term feudalism is a 17th century coinage!) but come to think of it: I can’t seem to recall any of those early Christian images showing anyone with their hands folded. These copts, or folks in the catacombs, or even the Irish monks, all have their hand turned outwards, palms up. And homage, Etymonline says, comes from homme, French for man. Definitely secular then. Thanks, what a fascinating post.

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