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 (1892)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 135
resemblance is all but complete. This is only one of the instances in which the earliest Christians, who in general avoided all direct representation of sacred things, borrowed a classical and familiar image in which to clothe a religious idea. The earliest known is on the tomb of Junius Bassus… … sheaf to Adam, and with the Lamb (SarCophagus.) other the lamb to Eve. Some¬ times there is no serpent, and sometimes the serpent presents the apple to Eve, and in one or two instances a third figure is intro¬ duced, as uttering the primeval curse.] But whether grouped or single, the same…
Jesus Christ -- Art · Christian art and symbolism
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