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 450
ands of the Barbary corsairs, and sold likecattle in the Eastern slave-markets, conceived the philanthropic idea ofinstituting an order of Mercy, or Eansom. He died in 1236, after having CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 355 had the satisfaction of seeing this charitable undertaking make greatprogress. The… … Fig. 273.—The Seven Christian Virtues, with their-.Symbols.—From a Miniature in the Ethicsof Aristotle (Manuscript of the Fourteenth Century), Eoucn Library. On the left are the Theological Virtues: Faith, dressed as a nun, is holding a church, a New Testa-ment, and a wax taper; Hope, in the garb…
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