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Sacred and legendary art (1891)

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 69

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doubted whether it could be himself ; but his neighbours, seeing that he was healed, looked into the tomb of the Moor, and found that there had been an exchange of legs : and thus the truth of this great miracle was proved to all beholders.1 Of this story I have seen some grotesque repiesentations.… … 109 The Martyrdom of SS. Cosmo and Damian (Pesellino). 4. In the scene of their martyrdom by Pesellino — a beautiful little picture — they are beheaded. They wear the red tunics and red caps usual in Florentine representations.3 About the year 1439, Cosmo de' Medici commissioned Fra Angelico 1…

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