The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art: with that of His types; St. John the Baptist; and other persons of the Old and New Testament (1864)
ariably chosen to express e the first fruits of those that slept,' and the belief in the resurrection of the dead. The multiplication of the loaves and fishes is also often repeated on the ancient Christian remains, in manner similar to the changing of the water into wine. It is not the feeding of… … of the other disciples, but always 128 Miracle of Loaves and Fislies- , (Ancient sarcophagus) . there is the same simplicity, the expression of the idea only : the wand, which is like the wand given to Moses, and which is placed in the hand of Jesus in so many of these antique groups, gives him too…
Jesus Christ · Christian art and symbolism
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![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-182-171.webp)
