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 192
ces 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. Jupiter,armed with a thunderbolt and leaning on a knotted stafi,stands on the left ; a… … Fig. 219. there is no attribute here by which she may be dis-tinguished, stands on the right side; she lifts her tunicwith the left hand, while she waves the right in sign ofdeliverance and victory. A gem engraved by Chifflet shows Mercury seated upona rock, as he is constantly represented on…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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