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 166
52 St. John. (Mosaic, eleventli century.) ground, studded with stars, floating as in a firmament, thus (50); orthe half figure ends in a leafy scroll, like the genii in an arabesque,as rhus (51); or the creature is given at full length and entire, withfour wings, holding the book, and looking much… … 53 St. Mark. (Mosaic.) The next step was the combination of the emblem with the humanform, i.e., the head of the lion, ox, or eagle, set upon the figure of aman. Here is a figure of St. John standing with the head of an eagle,holding the Gospel (54). There is another rudely engraved in…
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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