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 122
often grouped together as patronsaints or protecting spirits ; or they stand round the throne of Christ,or below the glorified Virgin and Child, in an attitude of adoration.According to the Greek formula, the three in combination representthe triple power, military, civil, and religious, of the… … 33 The Three Archangels (from au ancient Greek picture). archy: St. Michael being habited as a warrior, Gabriel as a prince,and Raphael as a priest. In a Greek picture, of which I give an out-line, the three Archangels sustain in a kind of throne the figure ofthe youthful Christ, here winged, as…
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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