Sujet

Representation of the Catholic Church as The Fortress of Faith, 1877. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Representation of the Catholic Church as The Fortress of Faith, 1877. The defending forces of the Christian faith. Besieged by the impious and heretics, it is defended by the Pope, the bishops, the monks, and the Doctors of the Church, who are the knights of the faith. Below, coat of arms of Louis de Bruges (Louis de Gruuthuse), Flemish courtier and nobleman (c1427-1492). From a 15th-century miniature. From "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance, Paris, 1877.

Date

1430

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/LTL

Notre référence

HRM26A06_193

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,1Mo (7,4Mo) / 29,5cm x 43,5cm / 3479 x 5138 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves exterior outdoors building people male man men historical religious plant plants arts flag flags country French France religion leaf art book guy faith monk monks castle color defending decoration decorative medieval Christianity fortifications fortification military Renaissance location Catholic Catholicism century banner Roman Catholic turret symmetry print literature concept border printing defender symmetrical decorated bishop standard clergy Colour early Renaissance 19th century Pope mediaeval Middle Ages coat of arms Roman Catholicism 1870s Catholic Church heraldry lithograph nineteenth century history historic 15th century acanthus acanthus leaf chromolithograph fifteenth century heraldic lithography outside landscape chromolithograph Unknown Earl of Paul Paul Lacroix Lacroix Bruges Louis de Bruges Lewis de Bruges Earl of Winchester Winchester lithotint 1877 blazon Louis de acanthus leaves 19th-century Shield of Arms lithographic Defender of the Faith 1450s Prisma Archivo Fotografico Lodewijk van Brugge Brugge Lodewijk van Louis de Gruuthuse Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Agee Gruuth