Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France : including Bourges, Troyes, Reims and Rouen (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 145
f theApocalypse orRevelation ofSaint John theDivine. Even to-d a y the Apoca-lypse receivesnumerous strangeinterpretations; itis therefore notsurprising that theMiddle Ages, withfar fewer sourcesof knowledge thanourselves, should have attempted to portray with literal fidelity this vivid Vision. No… … IN SCULPTURE HE WAS CARVED . . . RIDIC-ULOUSLY, HORRIBLY. PARIS. Symbolism 115 settled; the form was that of the ancient fanns andsatyrs, with protruding legs, hair\ skin, tail, and clovenfoot. He was evil in every abhorrent form; some-times blasphemous as well as evil in language and oftenwell…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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