A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 129
red amonghis native mountains, begging alms, every penny of which that couldbe spared, after supplying the imperative wants of nature, was givenfor the reparation of churches. He dwelt in a cell near the chape!of S. Maria degli Angeli; and several disciples, attracted by thefames of his piety,… … (School of Giotto.)St. Francis espouses Poverty, Chastityjand Obedience. 112 LEGENDS AND STORIES about him to see if he had any superfluous comfort. He could findnothing that he could spare, save his leather girdle ; and casting thataway, he used instead a rope of hemp. This has also been adoptedby…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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