Huck
True.
The holy Anthony fills the picture. He's the archetypical Hermit, he has a bell as an attribut, the explanation for the pig seems to change a little bit. The cult entered France in 1095 (an order of St. Anthony), since 12th century also in West European art.
Painted with bell by Martin Schongauer (late 15th) and here (early 16th):
http://www.glocken-online.de/glocken/weg.htm
Connected also to sickness (cause the order of St. Anthony worked in this way).
Another symbol is the T-cross. Occasionally the Marseille-Tarot hermit has a wand, ending in a T-cross.
http://trionfi.com/0/i/c/09/ see group of Marseille tarot.
Perhaps Diana is really correct, originally in the Mardseille interpretation it's not a lamp, but a bell.
What is very interesting: Occasionally Antonius seems to have been related to Rochus. For instance here:
http://www.kunstkopie.de/kunstdruck...en-den-hll.-Rochus-und-Antonius.-1006377.html
late 15th century: Antonius - in the mid the virgin with child - Rochus
Rochus was recently suspected to be the original Marseille-Fool.
Another interesting aspect, it doesn't touch the question, but ...:
Occasionally the 14 Nothelfer were unified with "4 Marshalls", one of the Marshalls was Antonius the Great. This special system was very active just in my own home-region ... oops, never heard of it.
http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/index.htm?Glossar/Vierzehn_heilige_Nothelfer.htm
The Wallfahrtsort for Antonius was Cologne ... oops, never heard of this.
The holy Anthony fills the picture. He's the archetypical Hermit, he has a bell as an attribut, the explanation for the pig seems to change a little bit. The cult entered France in 1095 (an order of St. Anthony), since 12th century also in West European art.
Painted with bell by Martin Schongauer (late 15th) and here (early 16th):
http://www.glocken-online.de/glocken/weg.htm
Connected also to sickness (cause the order of St. Anthony worked in this way).
Another symbol is the T-cross. Occasionally the Marseille-Tarot hermit has a wand, ending in a T-cross.
http://trionfi.com/0/i/c/09/ see group of Marseille tarot.
Perhaps Diana is really correct, originally in the Mardseille interpretation it's not a lamp, but a bell.
What is very interesting: Occasionally Antonius seems to have been related to Rochus. For instance here:
http://www.kunstkopie.de/kunstdruck...en-den-hll.-Rochus-und-Antonius.-1006377.html
late 15th century: Antonius - in the mid the virgin with child - Rochus
Rochus was recently suspected to be the original Marseille-Fool.
Another interesting aspect, it doesn't touch the question, but ...:
Occasionally the 14 Nothelfer were unified with "4 Marshalls", one of the Marshalls was Antonius the Great. This special system was very active just in my own home-region ... oops, never heard of it.
http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/index.htm?Glossar/Vierzehn_heilige_Nothelfer.htm
The Wallfahrtsort for Antonius was Cologne ... oops, never heard of this.
