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 191
e fulfilled by Azrael, and with the Persians by Mordad. The following figure of the weighing of souls in thebalance is taken from a vase which forms part of the col-lection of the Duke de Luynes, and is believed to representthe scene in the twenty-second book of the Iliad, where thegods deliberate… … Fig. 218. he raises above his head in his left hand, while he holdsthe balances in the right, in which are the tiny figures oftwo soldiers wielding lances. These are coloured violet.The balances are steady and equal, showing that the fateof the warriors in the scale is as yet undecided.…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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