A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 37
o» was … St. Mark. given to St. Matthew, because he speaks more of the human thanof the divine nature of our Saviour. 2. The Lion symbolizes St.Mark, for three reasons : — (i.) He commences his epistle withthe mission of St. John the Bap-tist, * The voice of one crying inthe wilderness. (ii.) The king of…
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