>>> These do not look like baby faces to me.  Especially around
>> the eyes.  
>>> I guess it (the adult face) was a symbol of authority which
>> the folks 
>>> back then needed to feel secure, like they needed kings and an
>>> infallible omnipotent Church.
>> 
>> These are actually pretty mild examples of precocious-looking
>> Jesuses (Jesi?).
> 
> I think  it's u-declination. Therefore the plural is Jesus with a long
> "u".
> Best wishes,
> Rainer aus dem Spring
> IS department, development
Except it sounds a lot like "insurances". An appropriate way would be
"precocious-looking "likenesses" of Jesus".
RT



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