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 178
THE SOUL. 167 down in the Manual of Panselinos, and the accompanyingillustration has probably been suggested by this Byzan-tine model. The ladder of salvation rests against theArbor peccati, whose branches are haunted by birds, andin which a crowned and sceptred figure inscribed Vitamundi sits… … Fig. 206. The Moral Ladder appeared in miniature in a manu-script now destroyed, entitled Hortus deliciarum, in thepublic library of Strasburg (circ. 1160), accompanied byan explanatory text of the scenes following. A great ladder is placed standing on end, and risingfrom earth to heaven. On the…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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