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 133
phoon, has a hundredserpent heads in Greek mythology.This extravagant and monstrousimage cited by Montfaucon has ahuman body with large wings andfour arms. With one of his handshe holds an object described byMontfaucon as the tail of someanimal.* A hideous representation ofanother such monster is… … Fig. 173.—PEa.siAN devil. contient la figure dAftree, and below the authors name is given, * Saiaidi Mahammed ebu emer Hassan esseoudi, 990°. The flesh of this monster is olive, his eyes are green with red pupils, and his tongue is also red. He wears a green ♦ See Montfaucon, Antijuite Expluiuee^…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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