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 162
JJevelation (chap. iv. 7), which stoodround the throne of the Lamh, were likewise thus interpreted; hutit was not till the fifth century that we find these symbols assuming avisible form, and introduced into works of Art. In the seventh cen-tury they had become almost universal, as distinctive… … 48 St. Matthew. ;Mosaic, fiftli centuiy.) that propounded by St. Jerome, in his commentary on Ezekiel. hassince his time prevailed universally. Thus, then, 1. To St. Matthewwas given the Cherub, or human semblance, because he beginshis Gospel witli the human generation of Christ; or, according…
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