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 196
/ /S??;^^ml^^^ X-/^ ^^^^^s (l J ÉÊW J- \ 1J , tX\ ) ■^ ^ ^ ^ % ^ Fig. 222. angels and their influence over the destinies of Man.All tales of the wars and wrestlings of divine beings andheroes, with dragons, lions, and composite animals, may-be held to signify the struggle of mind with brute… … 186 CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY. of his souls divinity. The final triumph of Michael andhis angels as related in the book of the Eevelation of St.John, is our next illustration (Fig. 293). And there waswar in heaven: Michael and his angels fought againstthe dragon ; and the dragon fought, and his angels,…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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