Sacred and legendary art : containing legends of the angels and archangels, the evangelists, the apostles, the doctors of the Church and St. Mary Magdalene as represented in the fine arts (1911)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 120
ruments of the Passion (32). Again we may see the Seven Angels in quite another character,attending on St. Thomas Aquinas, in a picture by Taddeo Gaddi. ^Here, instead of the instruments of the Passion, they bear the alle-gorical attributes of those virtues for whicli that famous saint anddoctor is… … \ i.e.. Power; tlu lourtli, a church, i.c^ Keligioii ; tlic iillh, ;i cross midshiohl, i.e., Ftiith; the sixth, tlames of fire in each hand, i.e., Pietyand Charity; the seventh, a lily, i.e., Purity. In general it may be presumed when seven angels figure togetlier,or are distinguished from among a…
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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