A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 242
. St. Maurice).The legend of St. Mauriceand the Theban Legion isone of the most ancient of alllegends, and has been so re-oeived as to have almost thesame importance, as if it werea strictly historical fact. TheTheban Legion was so calledbecause levied in the Thebaid.It was composed of 6,666… … (Hemshirk.) St. Maurice; ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 227 was about to enter Gaul, he ordered this legion to accompany himthither. When they had passed the Alps the legion was divided : a partwent to the Khine, and the remainder halted on the banks of LakeG«neva. Here Maximin ordered a great sacrifice to…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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