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 204
ur Kvang-elists, j)urely eniblematieal: theywere %ured as twelve sheej), with Christ in the midst, as the Good81iej)herd, bearing aland) in His arms; or, mueh more frequently,Christ is Himself the Lamb of God, raised on an eminence andcrowned with a cruciform nimbus, and the ar)ostles were ran^a^d… … the centre is the lamb standing on an eminence, from which flowthe four rivers of Paradise; on one side six sheep issuing from thecity of Jerusalem, on the other six sheep issuing from the city ofBethlehem, the whole disposed in a line forming a sort of frieze,just below the decoration of the vault…
Christian art and symbolism · Angels · Christian saints
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