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Plate 1-XCIII
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PLATE XVIII.
THE PASSION.
The sufferings of our Lord on the Cross were set forth in a singular series of
representations, called the Emblems of the Crucifixion, or Instruments of the
Passion, which are frequently met with throughout the whole period of Mediaeval
Art, and in various positions. The number of objects varied in almost every
representation, scarcely any one including them all, but they may be thus enumerated :
the Cross, which usually occupies a prominent and central position, with the three
Nails, the Spear, the Pillar to which Christ was bound, with the Cord and Scourge,
the Crown of Thorns, the Three Dice, the Thirty Pieces of Silver, the Hammer and
Pincers, the Ladder, the Sword, or two Swords, the Lantern: in addition to these,
there is sometimes the Seamless Garment, the Purse, the Cock, the Head of Judas,
and the Pitcher and Towel used in washing the Disciples’ feet.
PLATE XVIII.
THE PASSION.
The sufferings of our Lord on the Cross were set forth in a singular series of
representations, called the Emblems of the Crucifixion, or Instruments of the
Passion, which are frequently met with throughout the whole period of Mediaeval
Art, and in various positions. The number of objects varied in almost every
representation, scarcely any one including them all, but they may be thus enumerated :
the Cross, which usually occupies a prominent and central position, with the three
Nails, the Spear, the Pillar to which Christ was bound, with the Cord and Scourge,
the Crown of Thorns, the Three Dice, the Thirty Pieces of Silver, the Hammer and
Pincers, the Ladder, the Sword, or two Swords, the Lantern: in addition to these,
there is sometimes the Seamless Garment, the Purse, the Cock, the Head of Judas,
and the Pitcher and Towel used in washing the Disciples’ feet.