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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 585879, member: 5833"]Thought I remembered there was a reed metaphor somewhere, maybe someone not being a hollow reed. But my point is that John is not specifically described as carrying a cross made of reeds. It may have become an allusive artistic convention for portraying him that, like all the others, was sometimes employed, sometimes not. I'm with Jivvy:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The question that interests me is whether or not the presence in OP's painting of something that could be a reed is sufficient to make an ID of J the B.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 585879, member: 5833"]Thought I remembered there was a reed metaphor somewhere, maybe someone not being a hollow reed. But my point is that John is not specifically described as carrying a cross made of reeds. It may have become an allusive artistic convention for portraying him that, like all the others, was sometimes employed, sometimes not. I'm with Jivvy: The question that interests me is whether or not the presence in OP's painting of something that could be a reed is sufficient to make an ID of J the B.[/QUOTE]
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