Animal symbolism in ecclesiastical architecture (1896)
Evans, E. P. (Edward Payson), 1831-1917 · New York : H. Holt · leaf 344
irtueshave been found of too light a quality, and keepingone eye on the scales to see that the angel does notcheat him out of the rest of the ponderable wares.It is a competition in which neither will bate theother even one poor scruple. In a sculpture of thethirteenth century on the portal of the… … I In Ecclesiastical Architecture 329 arch-fiend putting his foot on the scale and pressingthe lever with his hand, while one of his imps ispulling at it from be-low so as to make theside of virtue kick thebeam. Here the good and evil qualities are ^ VIT^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^incarnate as heads. / _^ (n^rw^…
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