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Flat Figures Collectors Forum => Gallery Pictures => Topic started by: Enrique Larrea on January 17, 2017, 08:51:10 AM
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The Green Cross
(http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/gallery/7/2821-170117085109.jpeg)
http://www.intflatfigures.org/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=7603
Painted by Enrique Larrea
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@Enrique, what is the Green Cross?
Could you please enlighten me?
Thnaks!
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Perhaps something to do with the Knights of St Lazarus - a religious order dedicated to helping lepers during the Crusades? They wore a green cross on their surcoats. Enrique's piece looks to be a bit later.
Glen
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The Holy Inquisition it was created in Europe in 1233, by Pope Gregory IX.
The heraldry emblem of the Inquisition was the Green Cross.
In Madrid we have a street named "the Green Cross street" to memory of the Inquisition.
The motto of the inquisition was:"Exurge, Domine, et judica causa tuam"
In many cities in Spain there is still a "square of the green cross", where the inquisition performed the "autos de fe":
At two o'clock in the evening the procession of the Green Cross began, accompanied by the emblem of the Holy Office, which was carried by an very important person.
https://paseosmadrid.com/plaza-de-la-cruz-verde-y-la-inquisicion/.
The cross of San Lazarus is different, and it is similar to the malt cross but in green. The green cross of the inquisition in Spain was a greek green cross.
I agree that the figure can be a free recreation of that old dark times.
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@Enrique, thanks a lot for clarification!