Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 298
where the signs of deplorable relaxation and fallingaway were manifest. The choristers attempted to assume the privileges ofthe clerks; the deacons arrogated to themselves impossible rights of inde-pendence ; the priests despised the bishops, and too frequently the bishops,presuming on their power,… … Fig. 188.—The Triumph of the Lamb.—Christ, typified as the spotless lamb, with a glory roundhis head and holding the cross, is at the feet of God the Father; around him are the FourEvangelists, represented by their typical attributes, and resting upon wheels of fire. Thearchangels are bringing him…
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