A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 308
tine habit; his midnight penances,when he walked alone in the cloisters bewailing his past sins; hiswashing the feet of the pilgrims and beggars; his angry conferencewith the king; their reconciliation at Friatville; his progress throughthe city of London, when the grateful and enthusiastic people… … (After a print by Vostermann.) St. Thomas k Becket. submitting to be scourged in penance for his crime.** It was hismartyrdom which made him a saint, and gave him a place in art.When he was made archbishop he ceased to be chancellor, andbecame a different man, and especially so to King Henry. He…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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