File talk:Pope hormisdas.png
Nonsense illustration, nonsense text
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This is NOT a picture from an illuminated manuscript:
The source is NOT a manuscript, but a printed book.
The illustration is NOT an illumination, but a copperplate print.
The title and the year of the used source are NOT indicated.
The picture is NOT a pope's portrait: in the early sixth century there were no popes, only bishops of Rome.
And last but not least: This is NOT a portrait of Hormisdas.
An illustration created in the sixteenth or seventeenth century is worthless as a "portrait" of a person that lived in the sixth century. It is a pure invention. You can use it, by equal reasons, as a portrait of Snow White or Asterix.
A masterpiece: seven errors in a picture and a few words!
I propose to cancel the picture, or to correct the legend that should say that it is a fantasy product, thousend years after the life of Hormisdas.--Cantakukuruz (talk) 19:49, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
