15 and Hindoo divinities, whose heads are invested with an ornament similar to that which the Christian artist placed upon the persons of the Holy Trinity, when represented together under the semblance of humanity. Of this two examples are given, figs. 10 and 11, which sufficiently show that… … and to support this part of the argument, by figuring the gross representations of the Holy Trinity which dis¬ graced the latter days of mediaeval religious art, such, as three heads on one body, and three faces on one head, surrounded by one nimbus, encompassing three rays ; or, by the no less…
Nimbus (Art) · Christian art and symbolism
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