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... Symbol of St. Michael and the Dragon . Bas - relief . 36. St. Michael overcomes the Demon . Martin Schoen . 37. The same subject . Raphael . 38. St. Michael as Patron Saint . Mabuse . 39. St. Michael as Angel of Judgment and Lord of ...
... Symbol of St. Michael and the Dragon . Bas - relief . 36. St. Michael overcomes the Demon . Martin Schoen . 37. The same subject . Raphael . 38. St. Michael as Patron Saint . Mabuse . 39. St. Michael as Angel of Judgment and Lord of ...
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... symbol of light , the most divine impersonation of intellectual power and beauty ? So of the corresponding Christian symbols : -may that time never come , when we shall look up to the effigy of the winged and radiant angel trampling ...
... symbol of light , the most divine impersonation of intellectual power and beauty ? So of the corresponding Christian symbols : -may that time never come , when we shall look up to the effigy of the winged and radiant angel trampling ...
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... symbol expressive of an abstract idea : and some scriptural and some legendary subjects may be devotional , or historical , according to the sentiment conveyed ; for example , the Crucifixion and the Last Supper may be so represented as ...
... symbol expressive of an abstract idea : and some scriptural and some legendary subjects may be devotional , or historical , according to the sentiment conveyed ; for example , the Crucifixion and the Last Supper may be so represented as ...
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... symbol of the triumph of Religion or the Church ; the Adoration of the Lamb ; and the Last Judgment , from the Apocalypse . The order of precedence in these sacred assemblages was early settled by ecclesiastical authority , and was ...
... symbol of the triumph of Religion or the Church ; the Adoration of the Lamb ; and the Last Judgment , from the Apocalypse . The order of precedence in these sacred assemblages was early settled by ecclesiastical authority , and was ...
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... symbol of redemption and reconciliation , bends to kiss the feet of the Saviour . Our ancestors of the middle ages were not particular in drawing that strong line of demarcation between the classical , Jewish , and Christian periods of ...
... symbol of redemption and reconciliation , bends to kiss the feet of the Saviour . Our ancestors of the middle ages were not particular in drawing that strong line of demarcation between the classical , Jewish , and Christian periods of ...
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