A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 199
187 ILLUSTRATED IN ART. nunciazione, La B. Yergine Annunziata). In addition to the Gos- pel account of this event, artists liave been influenced by legends. One relates that as Mary went forth at evening to draw water, she heard a voice which said, " Hail, thou that art full of grace ! " but could… … (J. Van Eyck.) Annunciation. book of Isaiah, and as she read the verse, " Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son," she thought within herself, How blessed the woman of whom these words are written ! Would I might be but her handmaid to serve her, and allowed to kiss her feet ! " And…
Art · Christian art and symbolism · Legends · Mythology
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