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The Bride Of Christ: A Study In Christian Legend Lore

TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE The Divine Bridegroom. Jesus and the Christ-Conception. I The Saviour as a Bridegroom 5 Marduk and Christ 6 The Monument of Boghaz-Kdi 8 The Marriage of the Lamb 10 Sophia and Mary 13 The Church as Bride 14 Church Hymns 17 Womanhood Sanctified 19 Nuns 22 Olympian Marriages. The Spirit of Greek Mythology 25 The Difficulties of Polytheism 28 Nativity Legends 33 Marriages Between the Races of Gods and Men 37 Peleus and Thetis 44 Legends of Rome .. 49 St. Catharine. The Bride of Christ ... 53 St. Catharine of Siena 54 St. Catharine of Alexandria 57 Mielot's Account 63 The Version of the Roman Breviary 72 Pagan Analogies 81 St. Catharine in Art. Poetic Symbolism 84 The National Gallery of London 89 Artists of the German Schools 92 A Memling Breviary 103 Conclusion 108 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE St. Catharine. By Titian. (Frontispiece.) The Mystic Marriage. By Previtali i The Mystic Marriage. By Maratti 2 The Mystic Marriage. By Tintoretto 3 The Mystic Marriage (Cadiz). By Murillo 4 The Mystic Marriage. By Giuliano Bugiardini 6 The Monument from Boghaz-K6i 8 Wedding Procession of Dionysus and Ariadne 9 Coin of Alexander 11 Coin of Lysimachus 11 Coin of Ptolemy 11

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