The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . Among the illuminations of the manuscript, thereare two which show distinctly the artists interpreta-tion of the changed conditions of the picture. In the following illumination the three divisionsof space are clearly delineated. The Deity, sur-rounded by adoring Cherubim and Seraphim, is Analysis of Cabdmons Fall of Man 107 depicted as at rest within tiie concave of the Empy-rean. Satan, chained to the floor of Hell, is payingthe penalty of his reckless ambition ; while betweenthe Empyrean and Hell the fallen Ange
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . Among the illuminations of the manuscript, thereare two which show distinctly the artists interpreta-tion of the changed conditions of the picture. In the following illumination the three divisionsof space are clearly delineated. The Deity, sur-rounded by adoring Cherubim and Seraphim, is Analysis of Cabdmons Fall of Man 107 depicted as at rest within tiie concave of the Empy-rean. Satan, chained to the floor of Hell, is payingthe penalty of his reckless ambition ; while betweenthe Empyrean and Hell the fallen Angels are beinghurled through Chaos to their place of In anotherof the illuminations, depicting the returnof Hells Champion Fiend after the Fall of Man, theblackness of Chaos is vividly represented as sur-rounding Hell proper, and the glare of the surgingfires within, darting upwards through the Gates ofHell, like a fire-cloud seen through the mist, illu- io8 Epic of the Fall mines, for a small space, the lowest boundaries ofChaos.
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