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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 186

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LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS. those strict observances which .for three centuries had been almost laid aside; adding also some new obligations — for example, that of silence. The rule, however, was considerably less severe than that of the Camaldolesi. This new institution received the… … times also a Crutch. He is geiier- 21 St. John Guaiberto. (P. Angelica) ally beardless. With regard to the subjects from his life, some of them are of extreme interest in the history of Florentine Art. I have always regretted that the most beautiful and most affecting incident in his story, the…

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

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