Folks and Philip in particular:
I understand that actual dated examples are significantly more reliable than primitive drawings. But when the same feature appears in more than one quality image, the index of "believability" goes up.
Earlier, I have shown a fresco from the Gracanica monastery showing St. Nikita holding a saber with an "upside down" tunkou.
Recently, I have found another one, also from Serbia: Archangel Michael with an identically looking sword . This fresco is dated 1346, and is located ar Pec Partiarchate, Church of St. Demetrius in Kosovo.
What do you say?
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