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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 412

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rt, where he had great influence. The courtiers called him, in derision, " le Bon- homme ; " but the people gave that title to him and to his Order in a different spirit, and the " Bons-hommes " became very popular in France. St. Francis de Paula died at Plessis-le-Tours in 1507. Louise… … one of his pictures. ^'^ iSt, Irancis de I'anla. The saint is here represented as a very old man with a long- grey beard. He wears a dark brown tunic, and the cord of St. Francis. The peculiarity of the habit, and that which dis- tinguishes the Minimes from the Cordeliers, consists in the short…

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