The icon is executed in vizantinou technique.
When there was "something there" barbarians, the delegation of the temple was started by one party, but in different places (boxes). In the end, when the Gentiles after discussed, was that each group had seen something, not what the other two.
It had to be a strong influence in a positive way for the adoption of the barbarians to Christianity. The Church loves miracles...
The logic in the theme images. The trio. What was on the original, Byzantine, don't know. Probably the same thing.
And was there an "illusion" invented by the Christians, don't know. Maybe the Egyptians borrowed?
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