A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 233
n he endeav- ored to do this he found he had not sufficient strength, for he was an old man. Then a lion came and assisted him, digging with his paws ; and when the body of Mary was in the grave the lion went quietly away and Zosimus returned home, praising God for the mercy He had shown to the… … (Statue, DoDatello, Florence ) St. Mary- down through all ages, silently Magdalene. saying to every other magdalene, " go and sin no more." It has
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