A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 304
d her motherwas named Beatrix. Sheherself is called TheresadAvila, on account ofthe place of her birth,which was Avila, in Cas-tile. She was bornMarch 28, 1515, andwas one of twelve broth-ers and sisters. Her f i-ther was exceedingly pi-ous, and her mother ex-tremely romantic. Underthese diifering… … I IlIJISTRATEl) IN ART. 280 the lives of the saints and martyrs, and they conceived a passionatedesire to obtain the crown of martyrdom themselves. When buteight or nine years of age they went Into the country of the Moorsbegging, hoping to be taken and sacrificed by the infidels. Theywere…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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