Medieval architecture; its origins and development : with lists of monuments and bibliographies (1909)
Porter, Arthur Kingsley, 1883-1933 · New York : Baker and Taylor Co. · leaf 210
cloak which is torn fromHim is the humanity with which the Saviour was clothed andwhich was stripped from Him when He was killed upon thecross. The pit where Joseph was thrown figures Hell, whereJesus descended after His death. The twenty pieces of silverfor which Joseph was sold recall the twenty… … III. 211. — Capital in Nave, Noyon to seduce Jesus, who rejects her doctrine but leaves in her handsHis cloak, that is, His body, of which He was despoiled uponthe cross. The triumph of Joseph figures the victory of Jesusover death and His eternal kingdom. This same allegorical interpretation…
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