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Introduction: Symbolic Thinking |
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The appreciation of nature involves particular kinds of thinking. In the Middle Ages, people thought symbolically. When they saw an image of a fish or a loaf of bread, they thought of the most appropriate story in the Bible. In this case, they thought of a passage in the Gospel of John: "Behold the Lamb of God, who taketh away our sins."
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Vault Mosaic, Lamb and Angels, c. 532-47, St. Vitale, Ravenna |
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