A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 288
wjis thus always near the emperor, Diocletian, withwhom he was an especial favorite. Now Sebastian was secretlya Christian, and while from this very fact he conscientiously ful-filled all his duties to the emperor, he also protected the Christia»s,and endeavored to make converts; and in this last… … (Nuremberg Statue. Peter Vischer).St. Sebald. ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 273 tney firmly endured and were led out for execution. Then theirfamilies, their wives and children, besought them to recant and live.That which the tortures could not effect, these prayers and tearswere about to do, — they wavered;…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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