THEY TOO MAKE RICHES CIRCULATE AND THEY TOO ARE KEPT IN CHECK: ROYAL "JOYOUS ENTRIES" ARE SYMBOLS OF PERMANENCE
Standing or seated, kings' image is static. Crowns and heavy robes keep them from moving. Holding emblems of power keeps them from using their hands:
Toledo Cathedral, 1220-1240 / zoom
God measuring cosmos and earth using a pair of compasses
Pontius Pilate and Jesus (or Alphonso X and his court), Castille
Ramsay Casadesus Rawson
Moses and Aaron before the Pharaoh, toward 1620 / zoom
Flanders. Notice the hat.
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