Premium
Inigo Jones’“Glory” in Poems by Milton and Shirley
Author(s) -
Stevenson Kay
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
milton quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1094-348X
pISSN - 0026-4326
DOI - 10.1111/j.1094-348x.1979.tb00088.x
Subject(s) - glory , poetry , art , halo , art history , literature , physics , optics , astronomy , galaxy
For “glory” (sb. 9) as “the circle of light represented as surrounding the head, or the whole figure, of the Saviour, the Virgin, or one of the Saints: an AUREOLE or NIMBUS,“ the OED gives as its earliest citation “1646 Sir T. Browne, Pseud, Ep. v.ix.247 Radiant Halo's … which after the French expression are usually tearmed, the Glory.“