A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 88
nd did not weary of his toil, as he rested one night in his hut, he heard a voice like that of a weak child, and it said, " Offero, wilt thou carry me over ? " And he went out quickly, but he could find no one. But when he had again laid down, the same voice called as before, and at the third call… … (Albert Durer, 1521.) St. Christopher. but he who made it, on thy shoulders. As a sign of my power and of my approbation of thee, fix thou thy staff in the earth, and it shall grow and bear fruit." Offero did so, and the staff was soon covered with leaves, and the dates hung in huge clusters upon…
Art · Christian art and symbolism · Legends · Mythology
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