French Catholic scholar (1871-1946) who devoted his life to the study of Christian symbolism, particularly the sacred symbols surrounding the Heart of Christ. Contributor to Regnabit. Author of the monumental Bestiary of Christ and The Vulnerary of Christ.
Comprehensive encyclopedic recovery of the pre-modern Christian symbolic imagination, documenting animal, plant, and wound symbolism as vehicles of theological meaning across centuries of Christian art.
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