Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-07-10 | Page 2 | Prosaic Origin of the Halo

PROSAIC ORIGIN OF THE HALO said bald t to 0 have been placed over stat hive abeen ues aes of saints aln ato to preserve them the origin of the halo balo dates back to the eleventh and twelfth centuries those years were rich in the building of churches and cathedrals there them were mere erected around the outside of the sacred edifices statues of the tha saints placed under the eaves its in time the caretakers of the buildings perceived that the discoloration from the tha rains falling from the roots roofs dla dis figured the images A they placed over the tops of them flat woodin 11 disks of sufficient clent size to protect the statues giotto began to paint pictures when a boy and his ignorance assumed the protecting disks as a an essential part of the saint ills iia earliest pictures represent each sacred figure topped off on with what looks much like the bottom of a barrel ile he idealized this into a circle dark at first but growing moie luminous with each successful production of his fancy until he developed the circle of light that has haa come down unchanged through generations of paint ers ere as a badge of sanctity