Teffi - "Nezhivoy zver' - rams, sheep, lambs

[Jan Zielinski]

In Polish there is a difference between /baran/ and /baranek/ - the 
diminutive being also used referring to Christ. Teffi's story reminds me 
of Norwid's poem /Na zapytanie: czemu w konfederatce/. Norwid explains 
the meaning of a lambskin cap he was wearing for this photography:

http://niepoprawni.pl/files/images/norwid_1861_mniejszy.jpg

The main argument was that above all wreaths he puts one woven from 
lambskin:

A jednak widać, że znam klejnot wielki
Rzeczpospolitéj,
Skoro przenoszę ponad wieniec wszelki -
Z baranka wity!

And one question, Robert, out of curiosity. Why do you have "eyes that 
were quite human"? These eyes WERE human, in the sense of the Incarnation.

Hope that helps,

Jan Zielinski
Berne


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