About the gesture of the Baptist

St. John the Baptist (Leonardo)

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servan

1. He is strabic.
2. He is androgynous.
The meaning is: he is Bacchus.
1. He puts a hand on the heart.
Meaning: love.
2. His face denotes extasis of love.

Meaning:
Love is the Desire of Beauty (Plato), who only could be perfect in God.
That's why his finger indicates God.

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