Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 360
conquerors, whom they knew how to pacify and toconciliate. The veneration with which they were surrounded and theholiness of their lives earned them the respect even of Attila and Genseric. THE SECULAR CLERGY. 281 They were entrusted with the embassies, and they administered in the roomof… … Fig. 225.—The Legend of St. Martin.—From a piece of tapestry of the Thirteenth Century, inthe Louvre (No. 1117).—1. St. Martin sharing his cloak with a poor man.—2. He sees in adream Jesus Christ clad with this half of his cloak.—3. The saints baptism, the priestsprinkling him with water, and God…
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