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... 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 Souls . Justus of Ghent 40. St. Michael as Lord of Souls . Luca Signorelli . 41 ...
... 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 Souls . Justus of Ghent 40. St. Michael as Lord of Souls . Luca Signorelli . 41 ...
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... demons of darkness , to catch the fleeting soul of the triumphant martyr , and carry it at once into a paradise of eternal blessedness and peace ! Now the Legendary Art of the three centuries which comprise the revival of learning , was ...
... demons of darkness , to catch the fleeting soul of the triumphant martyr , and carry it at once into a paradise of eternal blessedness and peace ! Now the Legendary Art of the three centuries which comprise the revival of learning , was ...
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... demons , the restoration of the dead , or some other manifestation of compassionate and beneficent power . Some of the pictured legends are partly scriptural , partly historical , as the story of St. Peter ; others are clearly religious ...
... demons , the restoration of the dead , or some other manifestation of compassionate and beneficent power . Some of the pictured legends are partly scriptural , partly historical , as the story of St. Peter ; others are clearly religious ...
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... demon adversary of all truth and goodness , might have been , as regards form , originally a fact : for wherever we have dragon legends , whether the scene be laid in Asia , Africa , or Europe , the imputed circumstances . and the form ...
... demon adversary of all truth and goodness , might have been , as regards form , originally a fact : for wherever we have dragon legends , whether the scene be laid in Asia , Africa , or Europe , the imputed circumstances . and the form ...
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... demons , and for this reason is given to the haunted St. Antony . The SHELL signifies pilgrimage . The SKULL , penance . The ANVIL , as an attribute of martyrdom , belongs to St. Adrian only . The PALM , the ancient classical symbol of ...
... demons , and for this reason is given to the haunted St. Antony . The SHELL signifies pilgrimage . The SKULL , penance . The ANVIL , as an attribute of martyrdom , belongs to St. Adrian only . The PALM , the ancient classical symbol of ...
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