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I never liked the explanation for the crystal orb. Oh, Leonardo knew about optics, but he painted the orb naïvely to show some sort of miracle.

• HiroshiSan 7y ago
  Why don't you like that explanation? Leonardo was obsessed with detail, and he would study things intensely, it's not that much of a stretch.
  • anoncake 7y ago
    Which is why you'd expect an orb painted by Leonardo to have the correct optics.
    • HiroshiSan 7y ago
      Wasn't the orb supposed to symbolize Jesus performing another miracle by not having the light warp the fabric?
      • wl 7y ago
        That's exactly the argument I'm dismissing. It's not much of a miracle for the orb to transmit light as one would naïvely expect. Rather, it suggests that somebody didn't do their homework.