Religious art in France, XIII century; a study in mediaeval iconography and its sources of inspiration (1913)
Mâle, Emile, 1862-1954, Nussey, Dora · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 195
RELIGIOUS ART IN FRANCE Joseph. 1 All have the crown and sceptre, for if not kings they were all of royal lineage.^ The number twenty-eight is not always scrupulously observed. On the façade at Amiens, for example, there are only twenty- two kings.^ At Reims there are as many as fifty-six," showing… … Fig. 92.— Kini; of Juhaii of Isaiah in thirteenth-century art. The kings of holding a rod of the TREE OF Jesse (Amiens) Judah on the façades of the cathedrals mark as it were periods in the history of the world, and symbolise the waiting of successive generations ot men. One sees how important a…
Christian art and symbolism · Art · Art, Medieval
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