The Open court . Apparentlythese two actions were re-garded as the most gloriousevents of his life. But evenhere the traditional style is ad-hered to, for the artist only in-dicated the coronation scenes,and adapted this idea to theconventional form of tomb-stones. The archbishop lies inthe coffin and the two kingsupon whose heads he placesthe crown, are lying at eachside. The Christian faith hasdone much to give comfort tomankind in the tribulations oflife, but when its purer aspira-tions were dimmed by a literalinterpretation of its doctrines,when the pagan-like symbolwas accepted as truth i
The Open court . Apparentlythese two actions were re-garded as the most gloriousevents of his life. But evenhere the traditional style is ad-hered to, for the artist only in-dicated the coronation scenes,and adapted this idea to theconventional form of tomb-stones. The archbishop lies inthe coffin and the two kingsupon whose heads he placesthe crown, are lying at eachside. The Christian faith hasdone much to give comfort tomankind in the tribulations oflife, but when its purer aspira-tions were dimmed by a literalinterpretation of its doctrines,when the pagan-like symbolwas accepted as truth itself,Christianity did its utmost tobring all the terrors of hell to bear upon every man when on hisdeath-bed. The hour of death was supposed to be the decisivemoment which would determine mans fate for all eternity. There-fore the early Christians anointed the dying and prayed over breviary of Cardinal Grimani, now at the St. Marcus Libraryin Venice, contains a picture by Hans Memling (an artist of May-. TOMBSTONE OF SlEGFRIED VON EpPSTEIN (Henne am Rhyn.) THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OB DEATH. 761 ence who lived about 1450-1495) which characterises this concep-tion of the hour of death. The patient is surrounded by praying
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