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)
oailles ' at Paris.1 This presents a combination of maplike and caligraphic signs, with reminiscences of classic imagery of a rude but intelligent kind. Here we see the heavens, ( caelum,' divided into four parts, eacli studded with stars. Below, on one side, showing the French origin of the work,… … 18 Sol and Luna. (' Bible de Noailles.' Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris). bearing the plant that has seed within itself after its kind. Above, on each side of the heavens, are the full-length figures of Dies and Nox (woodcut, No. 18), supporting the bust-length effigies of Sol and Luna in circles,…
Jesus Christ · Christian art and symbolism
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