I love the panel in ch 76 in which the cut above the eyebrow is rotated sideways so it looks almost like a vulva. In medieval manuscripts they would depict the holy wound of Christ in that same rotated, disembodied way. Meditations would also describe feeding off the blood and body of Christ in an almost eroticized way. Not that I think this is an intentional reference, but very interesting that it’s so similar. St Thomas also pushed his fingers inside the wound in Christ’s torso after he was resurrected, which reminded me a lot of the scene in which Garam peers inside the cut. How cool!!
I love the panel in ch 76 in which the cut above the eyebrow is rotated sideways so it looks almost like a vulva. In medieval manuscripts they would depict the holy wound of Christ in that same rotated, disembodied way. Meditations would also describe feeding off the blood and body of Christ in an almost eroticized way. Not that I think this is an intentional reference, but very interesting that it’s so similar. St Thomas also pushed his fingers inside the wound in Christ’s torso after he was resurrected, which reminded me a lot of the scene in which Garam peers inside the cut. How cool!!