Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 339
ver and ghastly). The Crucifixion, Resurrec-tion, Ascension, descent of the Holy Ghost, in a differ-ent style, occur on spare leaves at the end of the book.The woodcut represents the Ascension of our Lord,and if the date, A.D. 586, be correctly assigned to it, ILL UMINA TED MANUSCRIP TS. 315 it is… … The A=.cension: from the Syrian Gospels, by Rabula, A.D. 5S6 (?). Other angels present crowns ; the sun and moon aresymbolized in the upper corners of the picture. Beneath this scene in the clouds (not given in ourwoodcut) are the Apostles gazing upwards. In themiddle is the Blessed Virgin Mary…
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