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 124
ese three-headed demons have beenpainted in France, and before the birth of the artist whohas depicted them upon the walls of the Campo Santo ofPisa. This is one proof amongst many that Dante visitedFrance, and having seen Paradi.se, Purgatory, and Hellsculptured in the voussoirs and painted on the… … Fig. 168. VOL. * Yet in the abyss, That Lucifer with Judas low engulphs.Lightly he placed us. The emperor who swaysThe realm of sorrow, at mid-breast from the iceStood forth ; and I in stature am more likeA giant than the giant are his arms.Mark now how great that whole must be which suit*»With…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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