Franciscan legends in Italian art : pictures in Italian churches and galleries (1905)
Salter, E. Gurney (Emma Gurney), b. 1875 · London : J.M. Dent · leaf 198
srejoiced that he was able to keep faith even untothe end. Angels throng all round, and two float upwards,carrying a walled garden and a friars habit, perhapssymbolising the Church and the Order ; on theright an angel and a friar vainly endeavour to with-draw from their life of self-indulgence two… … O u GIOTTOS ALLEGORIES 155 HOLY CHASTITY In the left corner of this fresco three figuresadvance eagerly to be received by St. Francis. Theytypify the three Orders, and the layman has beensupposed to be Dante, who, according to tradition,was a member of the Third Order (cf p. 48). Thecentre shows…
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 · Art, Italian · Christian art and symbolism
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