In Milan you spin on the Bull for luck; in Florence you rub the copper images on this door and say a quick prayer for strength. From the highly pollished imagess you can see that three favorite on this door seem to be the hand of Christ blessing Mary Magdalene, the leg of Christ as He is being whipped on His way to be crucified, and the leg of the guy whipping Jesus.... I can understand a prayer for strength from Mary Magdalene whose love strengthened the disciples when their faith was failing, or for the strength of the Lord jesus as He shows firmness against the harsh unbelief of the world, but what is the story about rubbing the leg of they guy beating him? It almost made me want to pay to take a tour just to hear the answer.
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