The Comacines, their predecessors and their successors (1910)
Ravenscroft, W. (William), b. 1848 · London : E. Stock · leaf 78
ions, as at Pisa and Siena,they represent our Lord as the Pillar ofFaith, springing from the tribe of Judah ;while, when surmounting the column. He isfigured as the Door, the latter being theearlier form—viz., that which prevailed62 The Comacines from l)crore a.d. iooo to 1200, while theformer… … PCLllT OF ll.MTISTKRV, ItSA. symbol ap})lics. This wonder is increasedby finding lionesses and cubs, as at Siena.True, it may be that some such representa-tions in a rough and coarse way may suggestthe absorbing power of Christianity, or conveysomething akin to what we read in the03 The Comacines…
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