Franciscan legends in Italian art : pictures in Italian churches and galleries (1905)
Salter, E. Gurney (Emma Gurney), b. 1875 · London : J.M. Dent · leaf 52
nd is painted on the opposite wallof the same chapel. The Sacro Speco, or grotto of St. Benedict, isreally a cluster of chapels hewn out of the rockabove and around the cave to which the youthfulBenedict retired from the world, and where hereceived his first disciples. Hence it has been wellcalled… … ST. FRANCIS Sacro Speco, Subiaco To face p. 30 THE SUBIACO FRESCO 31 painters from the Byzantine. A complete descrip-tion of the Sacro Speco and the neighbouringmonastery of Sta. Scolastica is being undertakenunder the auspices of the Minister of PublicInstruction in Rome ; the section dealing with…
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 · Art, Italian · Christian art and symbolism
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