Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages (1851)
Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, 1806-1867 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 45
380. CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. as symbolic of the sun or of the light, of which the sun is the source. It here forms a sort of double feather sur- mounting the symbolic headdress. The nimbus is sometimes triangular.* This form is … extremely rare in France: it is frequent enough in Greece and Italy, especially after the fifteenth century. * The figure of God the Father, which follows, is copied from a fresco at Mount Athos. Rays issue from each side of the triangular nimbus. + It must be observed, that in a mosaic belonging…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval · History · Art, Medieval -- History
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