Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art (1906) by John. Vinycomb

By John. Vinycomb

This can be a evaluation of the folk-lore of animals, as a rule of a mythical or in simple terms symbolic nature, rather as showing in English Heraldry. it is a gold-mine of lore approximately such magnificent beasts because the hydra, the basilisk, the phoenix, in addition to angels, dragons, mermaids, sphynxes etc. Vinycomb additionally covers heraldic types of exact animals, equivalent to the 'Tyger,' and the Heraldic Pelican and Dolphin. incorporated are over 100 illustrations of wonderful creatures.

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There are also instances of the shield of Henry VI. being supported by angels, but they are by some authorities considered as purely religious symbols rather than heraldic. The supporters of the King of France were two angels standing on clouds, all proper, vested with taberts of the arms, the dexter France, the sinister Navarre, each holding a banner of the same arms affixed to a tilting-spear, and the cri de guerre or motto, "Mont-joye et St. " The shield bears the impaled arms of France and Navarre with several orders of knighthood, helmet, mantling and other accessories, all with a pavilion mantle.

St. —The Lion was the symbol of St.

The four archangels are frequently represented in complete armour and with swords. The angels in the Benedictional of St. Ethelwold nearly resemble much later representations; they have wings and the nimbus or aureole, long hair and girded loins, whilst the feet are bare, as is generally the case at all periods of Gothic Art; but the characteristic drapery is loose and flowing as in the Saxon figures of saints; the wings are short and broad, the nimbus is generally rayed like the spokes of a wheel (a form seen in the work of Giotto, with whom it seems to have been a favourite).

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