A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 140
tthe case. There are fewItalian and many Frenchpaintings of them. June19, A. D. 69. St. GHes {Gr. Ay.Ti\Xo<i — ; Lat. Sanctus^gidius; Ital. Sant Ed-dio ; Fr. Saint Gilles; Sp.San Gil) was an Athe-nian of royal blood. Somemiracles which he per-formed, one of which wasthiowing his mantle over… … (Lucaa V. Leyden.) St. Giles ILLUSTRATED IN ART 12o about twelve miles south of Nismes. Here he subsisted upon herbsand wild fruits, and the milk of a hind. This gave rise to his at-tribute of a wounded hind, for it came to pass, that as a party, saidby some to be that of the King of France, and by…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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