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 106
child such as the Italians give us, buta full grown, almost aged man, such as may be seenin many German, French and English manuscripts.This (Fig. 156) is one drawn from a miniature probablyexecuted by a French hand, which dates from the twelfth ID.] ANGELS IN WESTERN ART. 95 century. It has wings… … Fig. 156.—ANGEL from MS. of an angel accustomed to fly with strong wings, andtherefore protected from sharp stones of earth.* Of all the angels we have ever noted, this is the mostmaterial, the most human, the least celestial spirit. Weshall perceive, in the courtse of our study, that the Western *…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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