A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 239
nce some invisible power held her so that she couldnot go in, and as often as she tried to cross the threshold, so oftenwas she driven back. Then a sense of all her sins came over herand she was overcome with sorrow, and prayed to God for grace andpardon. Then the restraining power was taken away,… … (Pietro da Cortona.) Death of St. Mary of Egypt. on roots and fruits, and her three loaves, which were constantly re-newed by a miracle. Her clothing wore out and dropped from her;then she prayed God to clothe her and her prayer was answered,for her hair became a cloak about her, or as others say,…
Art · Christian art and symbolism · Legends · Mythology
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
