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 171
thatwe are in the country of Neptune. Death pierces the hypocrites heartwith a trident, or drives a flaming trident into the body of a sinner. 160 CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. hate npon his brow. Petrarchs Death carries a sword,the painters wields a scythe. Fig. 200 is one of the Didroncollection of… … rig. 201.—TRa-MPH OF DEATH. the horror of this image. Death—Mors—was amongst theLatin Christians the queen of Hell, the spouse of Satan.Thus in the apostolic history of St. Bartholomew, a demonis made to say : But He (Jesus) has made prisonerDeath herself, who is our queen, and even our king,…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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