A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 224
nna diMisericordia; Fr. NotreDame de Misericorde;Sp. Xuestra Seiiora deGracia; Ger. MariaMutter des Erbarmens).This picture representsthe Viroin as the Merci-ful Mother of Humanity.In it she sometimesstands with outstretchedarms, crowned or veiled ;her ample robe extendedby angels, over… … m (Greek Mosaic. A. D. 642. Luteran.)Virgio of San Vemnzio. that from her maternityitself a large portion ofher sympathy is derived.Li ])ictures of the Dayof Judgment, the Virgin is also represented as Our Lady of INIercy.She is on the right hand of the Saviour, while John the Baptistkneels on the…
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