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 250
C ORDERS. 182 with her hands when not engaged in prayer ; for this most holy empress had often on her lips the words of St. Paul, that those who did not work had no right to eat. She died in 1040, and 2 Thess. iii. 8. was buried at Bamberg, by the side of her husband. The influence of the monks of… … times found in Italian pictures, St. Heniy. (I. V. Melem.) 38 particularly at Florence, where he built and endowed the Church of San Miniato, so famous in Florentine story. The legend of "St. Laurence and the Emperor Henry " occurs frequently in old Florentine art. I found in the Pitti Palace a…
Saints · Christian saints in art · Christian art and symbolism · Monasticism and religious orders
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