Bruising the Serpent's Head — a Prophetical Type

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Biblical Sources

• Prophetical Types and Genesis 3:15 (introduction)

Examples in Victorian Literature and the Arts

• "Yet hear my paradox": Hopkins's typological allusions
• Robert Browning's Use of Biblical Typology in The Ring and the Book
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "The Passover in the Holy Family"

Examples from Pre-Nineteenth-Century Art

• Mary Trampling the Serpent's Head, Cathedral, Vivier, France
• A serpent at the foot of a crucifixion, Cathedral, Vivier, France

Analogous Themes

• Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon Satan by Burne-Jones (stained glass)
• St Michael slaying the dragon over the City by Travers (stained glass)

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