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 68
OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY of the hon brings them to Hfe.' Even so the Saviour lay in the tomb as dead, but on the third day He rose awakened by the voice of His Father." He adds that the phoenix and the pelican also typify the Resurrection, "for from the beginning it was God's will to express… … saints to his place on the right hand of kh;. 14.— The charadrius (Lyons) the Father. He spreads over us the wings (After a dnn.iug ty l. n^gnie) of His Cross, and carries us on His shoulders like lost sheep." To turn to the curious legend of the charadrius. "There is," to quote Honorius, " a bird…
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