History of ancient, early Christian, and mediaeval painting (1880)
Woltmann, Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert, 1841-1880, Woermann, Karl, 1844-1933, Colvin, Sidney, Sir, 1845-1927 · New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 314
the German element predominated. That thework is really Bohemian is indicated by the fact that S. Wenzel is representedin an initial letter towards the end of the book. The manuscript begins with apage containing the four Evangelists under a round-arched arcade ; the nextfour pages, with busts from… … 284 HISTORY OF PAINTING. apparelled king before a Romanesque portico to symbolise the second comingof Christ, the Stem of Jesse, or genealogical tree of Christ, and then twenty-nine scenes from the New Testament, generally in two or three tiers on eachpage. A youthful beardless type is maintained…
Painting, Early Christian · Painting, Medieval
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