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 167
that the Babylonish captivity must havefiimiliarised the Israelites with the com-bination of the human and animal attri-butes in the same figure. The giganticbas-reliefs from Nineveh show ns wingedbulls with human heads, and the humanform with the eagles head and wings.This figure, for example… … 64 St Joliu. Y^^
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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