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 219
14). This type, so expressly exemplified by the lips of Christ Himself, does not appear in early cycles at all. This would seem strange till we consider that the subject involved the figure of an animal representing one of the oldest forms of idolatry. The very shape of a cross, too, needful to… … symbol of salvation. It takes its place among the mediaeval types as a symbol of the Crucifixion (see woodcut, No. 4, p. 28, from the ‘ Biblia Pauperum ’). Maturer Art seems to have felt other objections : the painful nature of the subject would interdict it to all who sought chiefly for scenes of…
Jesus Christ -- Art · Christian art and symbolism
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