Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of Sacred and Legendary art
Mrs. Anna Jameson's 1863 London study Legends of the monastic orders, published by Longman, Green and colleagues, surveys how religious orders appear in painting, sculpture and decorative art for an educated Victorian readership. The four pictures are line engravings of standing saints and monastic figures, each identified by staff, cross, book, lily, or angel, drawn in a restrained medieval manner that suggests sober, symbol-led compositions for a designer working on religious or historical themes.
