Morey, Charles Rufus, 1877-1955, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · New York : Macmillan · leaf 28
4 EAST CHRISTIAN PAINTINGS and the beginning of the second column speaks of "fasting, from which the wearied body (seeks to recuperate) by sleep." This gives us the clew to the meaning of the little scene at the extreme right where Prayer (17 irpocrevxv) chastises prostrate Sleep (6 vvfoq). Sleep… … FIG. 1. Miniatures of a Klimax Manuscript in the Vatican Library: Vat. 394. Upper Row : to left, St. John preaching to his flock, and pointing to a bust of Christ in the heavens above; middle, above, a monk renouncing " Life " (represented as a nude male figure with wheels on his feet) and his…
Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919 · Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine · Christian art and symbolism · Miniature painting · Painting, Byzantine · Painting
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