Medieval mysticism

Mulier amicta sole | Woman clothed with the sun:— "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered" (Apocalypse of John, xii.)

Identifier: bookofsimilitude00barb Title: The book of similitudes: Year: 1860 (1860s) Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] Subjects: Emblems Religions Publisher: New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in…

Watercolor illustrations for the 1911 German translation of Swedish poet Viktor Rydberg's Fädernas Gudasaga, originally published in 1887.

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