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Byzantine art and archaeology (1911)

Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · Oxford, At the Clarendon Press · leaf 514

An illustration from Byzantine art and archaeology, 1911, leaf 514
Sun, Moon, Earth, Winds, and Waters,with abstract qualities like Virtue, Pity, Justice, and Truth, are rendered byhuman figures : the whole circle of Nature is in fact personified. Sleep(Psalm 75) appears as a small figure hovering like an insect above slumberingmen. The personification of our days… … -j •nacrpyooi •• _^ • ^ / tf f*f

Art, Byzantine · Christian antiquities · Christian art and symbolism

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