Inside Out Library · Explore

Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of sacred and legendary art (1891)

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860, Longmans, Green, and Co · London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co · leaf 113

An illustration from Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of sacred and legendary art, 1891, leaf 113
ST. BENNET BISCOP. S3 St. Bennet was the Venerable Bede, who studied in his convent during seven years. After a long life of piety, charity, and munificence, embel- lished by elegant pursuits, this remarkable man died about the year 703. … 9 St. Bennet Biscnp. He is represented as bishop, wearing the mitre and planeta, and bearing the pastoral staff; in the background, the two monasteries are seen, and the river Tyne flowing between them ; — as in a little print by Hollar.

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

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.

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

More like this