Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 702
Fig. 1719. Fig. 1720. i ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTIOX. 685 are represented within these circles. The hand in the attitude of benediction,and the lily (the fleur-de-lis), the emblem of the virgin and purity, are com- … FiG. 1721. mon; also a peculiarly formed leaf, somewhat resembling the leaf of the ordi-nary thistle. The serpent figures largely in Byzantine art as the instrument ofthe fall, and one type of the redemption.
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