. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. n ac-companying the mother, on which Jesus rides. Thus early artistsembody one literal portion of the text, later painters another, for inthe strong young animal of maturer Art we identify the colt l where-on never man sat. The Entry into Jerusalem is properly always HISTORY OF OUR LORD. triumphant in character. Jeremy Taylor says, The blessed Jesushad never but two days of triumph in His life—the one His Trans-figuration, the other this His
. The history of Our Lord as exemplified in works of art : with that of His types ; St. John the Baptist ; and other persons of the Old and New Testament. n ac-companying the mother, on which Jesus rides. Thus early artistsembody one literal portion of the text, later painters another, for inthe strong young animal of maturer Art we identify the colt l where-on never man sat. The Entry into Jerusalem is properly always HISTORY OF OUR LORD. triumphant in character. Jeremy Taylor says, The blessed Jesushad never but two days of triumph in His life—the one His Trans-figuration, the other this His riding into the Holy City. It is oneof the subjects of the early Christian cycles, occurring frequently onsarcophagi in the Catacombs (woodcut, 3STo. 139). Here, with theeconomy of materials characteristic of classic Art, seldom more thanone figure is seen spreading the garment; while another behindrepresents the disciples, and one bough the The foal ishere a frequent accompaniment, sometimes naively stretching its [L:/ niiiiji fmihiiiiiiiiiiiii;(,1:il^..^VtLVj!:f;^re:t<• trr; 11:y,!nffnLr-[l-,;,1 Lj?,fiiil,,:. • f11 Jn,(WJ/!]iiij(iiiiiiiiimiiMn!liiriliiliiiiiiij|]|j|iiiiiiii.,iiiTrii139 Entry into Jerusalem. (Sarcophagus.) little head to smell at the garment or nibble the branch, or, as inthe illustration, trotting like a diminutive war-horse beneath jtsparent. The figure here seen in the tree, and in early miniatures,not engaged in plucking branches, but attentively looking at our 1 According to Bradys Clavis Calendaria, p. 278, note, the yew was substituted inEngland for the palm, and the box in Rome. Now the palm-branch is supplied as anarticle of trade to the Roman Church in Passion Week. The branches are whitened bya process of tying up the tree, as may be observed on the South coast of Spain, at Ali-cante, and Elche, where an unfortunate tree here and there among the noble groves ofpalms is seen thus
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