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 126
akes it isthe giant within who strikes the mountains, if it groanshe howls in echo. The mournful and angry sigh ofEnceladus tears the rocks, and tosses them to the skywith flaming breath, as if to attack triumphant Jupiteragain. Among the Scandinavians these earthquakes were mlike manner… … Fig. 1 PERSONIFICATION OF RIVER. like a sick man upon the sharp stones, the earth trembles,when he foams at mouth and drops his poisonous spittle onthe ground, his nerves are convul-ed, and the earth quakes.Among Christians, the ardent southern imagination ofFrance personifies the inundations and…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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