A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 35
(vii. 25). Specula sine macula. The explanation of the seven joysand the seven sorrows of the Viro;in,as well as that of the mysteries of theRosary, will be found, by reference tothem in their alphabetical order, inthe next division of this book. ix. symbols of theevangp:lists. When the Evangelists… … Tetramorph. 18 SYMBOLISM IN ART. earliest symbol of the Evangelis^ts was a Greek cross, with a scrollor book in each angle, — emblems of the writers of the four Gospels.The second symbol was that of the tour rivers, which rise in Para-dise. Sometimes the Saviour with a lamb, or the symbolic…
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