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Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of sacred and legendary art

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860, Longmans, Green, and Co · 1891 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co · 37 pictures

Legends of the Monastic Orders, by Mrs. Anna Jameson, published by Longmans, Green in London and New York in 1891, is an art-historical survey of religious orders as shown in painting and sculpture. The pictures are plain line engravings of standing saints in long habits, each with a halo and a identifying attribute such as a cross, book, or emblem, drawn with clean contours and hatched shading that a designer could borrow for simple iconographic figures.

Christian saints · Christian saints in art · Monasticism and religious orders in art · Christian art and symbolism

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