A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 24
he attribute of St. Lucia, signifiesheavenly wisdom, or spiritual light. FiRK AND Flames are emblems of zeal and fervor of soul, orof the sufierings of martyrdom. The Flaming Heart, is symbolical of fervent piety and spirit-ual love. The Crown, when on the head of the Madonna, makes her thequeen of…
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