Art, Symbol & Imagination
Assumptio
A crowned figure holds joined hands at the centre of an enclosure of great wings. Fine rays spread downward around the long robe and pale circular halo. The title Assumptio places the ascending form within the book’s sequence of Christian and visionary images.
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W. T. Horton. "Assumptio" [printed contents title]. In A Book of Images, W. T. Horton; introduction by W. B. Yeats. Illustrated 1898 edition, supplied as a digital scan, 1898, Unicorn Press. Source scan leaf 63. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/horton-assumptio
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Title from the printed contents list. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Title follows the printed contents. The complete source plate retains its paper tone, margins and signature. Description concerns visible forms rather than assigning a universal symbolic meaning.
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W. T. Horton. Assumptio. A Book of Images. Scan leaf 63. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/horton-assumptio