The Horns of Moses – Defending Michelangelo’s Horned Moses

Art historians love to debate the horns of Moses. Michelangelo’s famous statue of Moses at Saint Peter in Chains in Rome depicts Moses with two horns. Most claim that the horns of Moses go back to Saint Jerome’s “translation error” in the Latin Vulgate. I’d like to challenge that assumption. Not only did Saint Jerome have … Continue reading The Horns of Moses – Defending Michelangelo’s Horned Moses