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 123
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 bestial and monstrous. In the Italian Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Bibl.de lArsenal, No. 593), the illustrations in which… … Fig. 167.—FALL OF LUCIFER. Lucifer, emperor of demons, as he is called in a MS. pre*served in the Bibliothèque Nat. Paris, is represented underthe most hideous aspects. He has frequently three heads,each one of which devours a soul of the damned. Even beforethe time of Dante, these three-headed…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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