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 122
und, looking upwards. Thus in this illustration the forms of Lucifers army,jnst falling out of heaven where the Lord is seated amidstHis adoring host, are angelic still. They have the nimbus,wings and robes of prismatic colours, red, blue, green,Etc., on a golden ground. But the features are… … Fig. 1 open throat, the nose to a beak. When they enter thegulf they have neither nimbus nor robe ; a tail projects 112 CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. [m. s.] behind, feet and hands are changed to paws, nails becomeas claws, and all the skin resembles that of a monkey ;the face is no longer human, but…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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