A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 223
des Erbarmens).This picture representsthe Vugin as the Merci-ful Mother of Humanity.In it she sometimesstands with outstretchedarms, crowned or veiled;her ample robe extendedby angels, over kneelingvotaries and worshippers.Sometimes these em-brace all i-anks and ages,and again those of… … (Greek Mosaic. A. D. 642. Lateran.)Virgio of San Venanzio. of Judgment, the Virgin is also represented as Our Lady of Mercy.She is on the right hand of the Saviour, while John the Baptistkneels on the left. Mary is usually a little lower than the Saviour,but has been represented in ancient pictures…
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