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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 316125, member: 5833"]There is more detail on this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Nepomuk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Nepomuk" rel="nofollow">Wiki page</a>. Even without the name at the bottom, there are clues to his identity in the image. The palm frond indicates he is a martyr, the cross is of course his Christian faith & devotion. He is wearing clerical robes & a <a href="http://philippi-collection.blogspot.com/2010/12/ambrosian-versus-roman-biretta.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://philippi-collection.blogspot.com/2010/12/ambrosian-versus-roman-biretta.html" rel="nofollow">biretta</a>. The biretta & book he is holding tell us he is a doctor of canon law.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still a lot easier to work out with the name spelled out![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 316125, member: 5833"]There is more detail on this [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Nepomuk']Wiki page[/URL]. Even without the name at the bottom, there are clues to his identity in the image. The palm frond indicates he is a martyr, the cross is of course his Christian faith & devotion. He is wearing clerical robes & a [URL='http://philippi-collection.blogspot.com/2010/12/ambrosian-versus-roman-biretta.html']biretta[/URL]. The biretta & book he is holding tell us he is a doctor of canon law. Still a lot easier to work out with the name spelled out![/QUOTE]
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