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 209
n her tears,|| and the temple is cleansed.^These are the five acts into which the mission of Christ iscondensed. Then the narrative is resumed ; the passion,death, and resurrection—the conspiracy, betrayal, distrust,judgment, profanation, self-offering, sacrifice, and the * The Baptism of Christ. f… … MIRROE OF HUMAN SALVATION. 199 individual death by which is purchased the release of thehuman soul from hell and its restoration to eternal life.The spirit is caught up in the mantle of God, and thepure woman, into whose own soul also the sword hadentered, is crowned by the Saviours hand. We have…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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