A “Mistake” in Byzantine Icons?
Posted by Eric (May 4, 2006 at 9:47 pm)
I hate to complain about Relevant Radio—they’ve given a lot of time to our own Fr. Tom Loya to speak on the Theology of the Body, and they’ve plugged his “Light of the East” program—but today I heard a remark that I can’t let pass.
I was listening to the end of the Drew Mariani Show, and his guest was Steve Bolitierri, talking about the Shroud of Turin. Bolitierri was explaining why the fingers on the Shroud are so preternaturally long—something to do with X-rays—and he commented that “the Byzantines made that mistake in their icons, painting Jesus with long fingers.”