Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, Blashfield, Evangeline Wilbour, d. 1918 · New York : Scribner's · leaf 146
he the-ological conception of bereavement being welcomedas a dispensation of Providence: witness the beau-tiful story of Lucchesio of Poggibonsi, a follower ofSaint Francis, who, after a long and devout life spentin the society of a wife he dearly loved, refused to beseparated from her after death,… … ASSIST The painters might well call Saint Francis patron,for he tirst made the mystery of the Incarnationa living reality. The effect on the plastic arts ofthe humanization of the Gospel narrative was notso immediate as its influence on the more im-pressionable and less technical art of the poet,…
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