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Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts: forming the second series of Sacred and legendary art

CONTENTS. Preface xiii Introduction I. General Character and Influence of Monastic Art Ugliness and Sameness of the Representations. Historical and Moral Importance of the Monastic Subjects, generally and individually. ContraSt. between the Benedictine Pictures and those of the Mendicant Orders xvii II. Distinction between the Devotional and the Historical xxvi III. Founders, Habits, and Attributes of the different Orders xxix IV. Principal Churches and Edifices of the various Orders xxxix ST. BENEDICT AND THE EARLY BENEDICTINES IN ITALY, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND FLANDERS. Origin of the Benedictines. Effigies of the Benedictines interesting and suggestive under Three Points of View. As Missionaries, and as the Depositaries of Learning. As Artists, Architects, and Musicians. As Agriculturists. Principal Saints of the Benedictine Order 1 St. Benedict. The Legend. His Sister, St. Scholastica. His Disciples, St. Maurus, St. Placidus, and St. Flavia. Pictures of St. Benedict The proper Habit, sometimes white, and sometimes black. Attributes of St. Benedict Examples of Devotional Figures. Subjects from his Life by various Painters. Legend of the Dead Nuns 7 St. Ildeponso. Famous in Spanish Art

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