10 not, as a rule, desire to display that symbol within the nimbus of the Deity, since we do not find ancient examples with a fourth ray, either in number or importance, at all to be compared with the numerous instances in which it is inten¬ tionally absent. … That the ancient artists purposely omitted to represent a fourth ray in the divine nimbus in the examples, admitting of its indication which have been figured above, may be assumed from fig. 39, in which the position of the head is such as to allow a mere indication only, of the third ray, but even…
Nimbus (Art) · Christian art and symbolism
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