Schools and masters of paintings : with an appendix on the principal galleries of Europe (1888)
Radcliffe, A. G. (Alida Graveraet) · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 29
four Evangelists—the humanface for St. Matthew, because he begins with the human gener-ation of our Lord ; the lion for St. Mark, in allusion to hisclear account of the resurrection; the ox for St. Luke, be-cause he dwells upon the Saviours sacrificial character; andthe eagle for St. John, because… … Painting from the Catacombs. P-13- RISE OF CHRISTIAN ART. 53 are seen flowing, typifying the four Gospels; or sometimesthese are baptismal crosses, where the forth-springing watersof baptism are overshadowed by the holy dove. On one sidestand the lambs of the Christian congregation, while on…
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