Christian Iconography or the history of Christian art in the Middle Ages. Volume 1. The history of the Nimbus, the Aureole, and the Glory; representations of the Persons of the Trinity

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by  Didron Adolphe Napoléon, Stokes Margaret.

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CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY;
OK,
THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN ART
IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
BY THE LATE
ADOLPHE NAPOLEON DIDROK
'BANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY E. J. MILLINGTON, AND COMPLETED
WITH ADDITIONS AND APPENDICES
MARGARET STOKES.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
THE HISTORY OF THE NIMBUS, THE AUREOLE, AND THE GLORY;
REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PERSONS OF THE TRINITY.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1886.
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COO. I LONDON
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD 3TBEET AND CHARING CROSS.
PUBLISHEKS' NOTE.
THE first volume of the work in its form
following English
has been before the public for
many years ; but, though
published in the expectation that the French work would
ultimately be completed in accordance with the scheme
laid down
by M. Didron in his introduction, the fact that he
did not
fully carry out the original plan led to the English
version remaining a
fragment. Much material was no
doubt in the author's possession at the time of his death,
and a
large number of illustrations had been prepared for
the continuation of the work ; but,
beyond a few sheets
of
printed matter, concluding the history of the Trinity,
which were not included in the first volume of the trans-
lation, and various papers in some archaeological journals,
in the of a continuation
nothing shape appeared during
the lifetime of M. Didron. The
hope expressed by the
author at the close of his
chapter on the Iconography of the
Trinity that, the path having once been opened, other
investigators would carry on the work of study and
observation, has remained without an apparent result, and
the
history of the Angels, of the Devil, of the persons and
scenes of the Old Testament, of the
Gospel, and of mediaeval
legend has remained unwritten.
Unwilling to leave matters in this unsatisfactoiy state,
the
publishers called in the aid of Miss Margaret Stokes,
who was
already known as an accomplished student and
writer in this branch of art, to
carry on the work. It is
difficult for the reader to the labour
appreciate great
which was demanded and the which was
knowledge
requisite for such a task, involving as it did the identi-
fication of a
large number of illustrations which M. Didron
iv PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
had and the of the sources
already prepared, recognition
from which
they had been derived. But, this laborious
work
having been accomplished, the reader may feel
confidence that, with the
help of some of the author's
published papers, Miss Stokes has been able to carry on
the treatise on the lines that were laid down
originally
for it. Further details to this continuation and
relating
to the which have been added will be found
appendices
in their in the volume.
places