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 189
Fie 215. — MARTYR-DOM OF ST. STEPHEN.SCULPTURE ON PORCHOF ST. TROPHIMUS ATARLES. 178 CHRISTIAN ICONOGEAPHT. The weighing of souls in the balance at the JudgmentDay is the office of Michael in Christian, as it was that ofHermes in Pagan art, when the fortunes of gods and heroeswere at stake. … Fig. 216.—SOUL BOKNE TO HEAVEN BT ANGEIS. In a MS. circ. 1300, formerly in the collection ofM. Dupasquier at Lyons, St. Michael is represented asslaying the Dragon, and, at the same moment, weighing frequent subject in mediœval art and legend. One such tale occurs inFaits et miracles de Notre Dame,…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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