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Sacred and legendary art (1891)

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 422

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ST. GENEVIEVE. 775 since been consecrated to St Genevieve and known by her name. She died at the age of eighty-nine, and was buried by the side of King Clovis and Queen Clotilde. In the year 550, St. Eloy executed a magnificent shrine, in which … The mOSt ancient effigies Of St. Gene- 181 st- Genevieve (Gothic sculpture, Pari*) vieve as patroness of Paris, represent her veiled, holding in one hand a lighted taper, in the other, a breviary ; beneath her feet, or at her side, crouches the demon holding a pair of bellows. In this instance,

Christian art and symbolism · Christian saints in art

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