Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of Sacred and Legendary art (1863)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860 · London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green · leaf 215
lose to the Arch of Titus. She is represented in the dress of a Benedictine nun, a black robe and a white hood or veil ; and her proper attribute is an angel, who holds in his hand the book of the Office of the Virgin, open at the words, " Tenuisti mdnum dexteram meam, et in voluntate Psai. ixx 23,… … St. Francesca Romana. Domenichino (from the fresco at Grotta Ferrata). 29 prayers, she was called away by her husband or any domestic duty, she would close her book, saying that "a wife and a mother, when called upon, must quit her God at the altar, and find him in her household affairs." Now it…
Saints · Christian saints in art · Christian art and symbolism · Monasticism and religious orders
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