A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 210
and likewisemy girdle. This of-fer the first robber ac-cepted. The secondthen took the travel-lers to a safe place,where they passed thenight. The Virginsaid to him, TheLord God will receivethee to his right handand grant thee pardonof thy sins 1 Andthis was done, for (ac-cording to the leg-end)… … (Zuccaro.) The Robber. tree bent its branches at the command of the child, to shade theBlessed Virgin. It is also related that a tree which grew at the gateof Heliopolis and was venerated as the home of a god, bowed itself atthe approach of the Saviour, and that all along their route whereverthere…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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