Wildridge, T. Tindall (Thomas Tindall) · London, W. Andrews · leaf 72
George is usually shewn slaying. It is a little remarkable that the Child’s weapon in all three cases is broken away. The object borne sceptre-wise by the left hand child in the Lincoln carving, is apparently similar to the Egyptian hieroglyphic (, the Greek ¢ European s. It may be worth while to… … with which Perseus slew the sea-dragon: the falx, the pruning-hook, sickle or scythe, is an emblem of Saturn, and the oldest representation of it in that connection shew it in simple curved form. Saturn’s sickle became a scythe, and the planet deity thus armed became, on account of the length of…
Art, European · Grotesque · Christian art and symbolism · Church decoration and ornament
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