El Agnus Dei
ISSN: 2254-7312
Year of publication: 2010
Volume: 2
Issue: 4
Pages: 1-7
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista digital de iconografía medieval
Abstract
The lamb is one of the most common and frequent Christological symbols. In early Christian art, especially while the cross was considered to be a shameful symbol, the lamb appears mainly as a symbol of martyrdom and the death of Christ, but sometimes it also represents the faithful surrounding the figure of the Good Shepherd or moving towards Mount Zion.