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 28
lusion is here made to the Trinity ; but this wasgoing too far. Two Divine Persons may be there alludedto, but certainly not three. The very small number oftexts relating to the Trinity, to be found in the OldTestament, has induced commentators to torture the senseof the language, and to wrest the… … Fig. 132.—THE TRINITY, IN COMBAT WITH BEHEMOTH AND I-EVIATHAN. From the same source, and bearing the same date, as Fig. 131. ing the three Divine persons, in combat with Behemoth andLeviathan. One of the angels, that without wings, has acruciform nimbus, which properly belongs only to Deity ; *…
Christian art and symbolism · Art, Medieval
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