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 348
276 LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDEES. martyr. It is the palm of victory over suffering, persecution, and temptation. Or it may represent here the palm branch which was taken from the altar and placed in her hand. In the very ancient portrait in her … Sometimes she is kneeling before the St. Clara. Virgin, or our Saviour ; and presenting (Portrait at Assisi.) the Pix. As the Iladre Serafica, foundress and superior of the first community of Franciscan nuns, she stands with her book and her crosier. In the Madonna pictures, painted for her Order,…
Saints · Christian saints in art · Christian art and symbolism · Monasticism and religious orders
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