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<p>[QUOTE="PepperAnna, post: 4399565, member: 17332"]Here is an intriguing item up for auction today. The description below from the auction house is quite informative.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]371835[/ATTACH]</p><p>Description</p><p>17-18th C Carved Portrait Scholastic Sculpture. Measure 14" X 8.5" X 2". Jan Hus, 1372-1415, sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Jerome of Prague 1379-1416, was a Czech scholastic philosopher, theologian, reformer, and professor. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/17-18th-c-carved-portrait-scholastic-sculpture-82a45099bc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/17-18th-c-carved-portrait-scholastic-sculpture-82a45099bc" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/17-18th-c-carved-portrait-scholastic-sculpture-82a45099bc</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PepperAnna, post: 4399565, member: 17332"]Here is an intriguing item up for auction today. The description below from the auction house is quite informative. [ATTACH=full]371835[/ATTACH] Description 17-18th C Carved Portrait Scholastic Sculpture. Measure 14" X 8.5" X 2". Jan Hus, 1372-1415, sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to Protestantism, and a seminal figure in the Bohemian Reformation. Jerome of Prague 1379-1416, was a Czech scholastic philosopher, theologian, reformer, and professor. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance. [URL]https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/17-18th-c-carved-portrait-scholastic-sculpture-82a45099bc[/URL][/QUOTE]
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