Twining, Louisa: Symbols and emblems of early and mediaeval Christian art (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852)

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PLATE LI.

THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.
Another singular form of these Evangelistic Symbols is that in which they are.
combined in the head of an animal, with the body of a horse, and with one of the
four feet appropriate to each of the mystic Creatures. Christianity, or the Church,
is represented as a Woman, crowned, and seated upon it, holding the Banner of
Victory, and the Cup, to receive the Blood flowing from the side of the crucified
Saviour.