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 128
d a fewsteps when he perceived the wreaths of fire and flamesdevouring, with irresistible fuiy, the wooden houses ofwhich the city was built, and their thatched roofs. Atsight of the saint the fire seemed to lessen and grow pale.Eemi, who knew the enemy with whom he had to do,made the sign of the… … Fig. 170. FIRE DEMON.* times it bore up again, took courage, and attempted toencircle the saint in fire, to blind liim, and reduce him tocinders, but with the sign of the cross he parried the attacksand defeated its purpose. Thus forced back, and retreatingfrom the houses, one after another, that…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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