Person of the Trinity, and have a significant meaning altogether different from, and independent of, the three rayed nimbus. This emblem of the Triune Deity is found on the head of the Agnus Dei as on the other divine symbols without any indication of a fourth limb or ray, necessary to form the… … Fig. 35 A Engraved in Aginconrt’s History of Art, vol. iii., plate 39. Fig. 36. Lamb, -with nimbus, containing a cross in each division, from a sculpture in the catacombs of Rome. Engraved in Twining’ s symbols of early Christian Art, plate 10. Fig. 37. Agnus Dei. Engraved in Twining’ s symbols of…
Nimbus (Art) · Christian art and symbolism
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