Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · Boston, Ticknor and company · leaf 124
Family, thatthey are divided into classes; and such as are called in Italian flEiposo, and in our own tongue The Repose, all represent an incidentof the flight into Egypt, when Saint Joseph, his wife Mary, and the childJesus halted in their journey for rest and refreshment. The legend, intelling of… … COREEGGIO. STORIES OF ART AND ARTISTS. 107 The story has given a peculiar religious significance to the sycamoretree, by associating it with the mother of Christ; and the Crusaderswere in the habit of bringing branches of it into Europe as sacredmementos of the grove near the Fountain of Mary, as…
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