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Singleton, Esther, d. 1930, ed. and tr · New York : Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 37
against the purple robe of one of the elders.It touches with its wings one of the golden lions of thethrone, on which the light also flashes strongly; thus form-ing, together with it, the lion and eagle symbol, whichis the type of Christ, throughout mediaeval work. Inorder to show the meaning of… … The Queen of Sheba. Veronese. THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 17 ture) points to Solomon ; his other hand is laid on an openbook. The group opposite, of which the Queen forms thecentre, is also painted with Veroneses highest skill; butcontains no point of interest bearing on our present subject,except its…
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