Half-hour lectures on the history and practice of the fine and ornamental arts (1875)
Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890, Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897, illustrator · New York : Scribner, Welford & Armstrong · leaf 30
14 HALF-HOUR LECTURES ON ART. worship, the nave (navis, a ship); we find also from the firsta dove with an olive branch, a very archaic representationof Noah, a palm leaf expressive of martyrdom, an anchor forhope. There is also a strong tendency to interpret the OldTestament histories… … Divine Lamb, with a non-cruciform Nimbus, inscribed with MonogranEarliest ages, iron; the Vatican. (Didron.) or a cross standing on a mount, whence flow four streams;and often Christ as Orpheus, with a lyre in his hand, is seensurrounded by beasts and birds. But above all, the favouritesubject is…
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