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Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages (1851)

Didron, Adolphe Napoléon, 1806-1867, Millington, Ellen J, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 101

An illustration from Christian iconography; or, The history of Christian art in the middle ages, 1851, leaf 101
Endure his splendour near: I mine bent down. In canto xii. of Purgatory, Dante adds some details to ^^^P^^*^^= Behold, That way an angel hasting towards us . . .The goodly shape approachd us, snowy whiteIn vesture, and with visage casting streamsOf tremulous lustre like the matin star.His arms he… … Fig. 151. ■-RaPH of sT. FRANCIS. of Orcagna, of Fra Angelico and of Perugino, the angelsof St. Luke in Livadia, and Santa Sophia of Salonica, aswell as the angels on that priceless work,* the Byzantine * This reliquary, made to enshrine a portion of the true cross, is ofconsiderable value and…

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