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 153
Arch. i. 75, 142 CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. [M. S.] differently to designate all evil spirits ; it is a genericterm, that of Satan being reserved for the prince of theinfemal regions. [In Byzantine art, the demons of the New Testamentwho tempt Jesus, who are cast into hell, who are driveninto the herd… … —DEMON ON THE CASQ0B OP OOLIATH. strous and composite, made up from parts of differentanimals; bats wings attached to the shoulders; a tailsticking out below the spine ; limbs and arms hideouslythin ; the trunk fat and flaccid, or dried up like that ofa skeleton; eyes flaming (see Fig. 173);…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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