CONTENTS
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I
Symbols of the Saints 1
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Saints and Symbols 30
III
Historical and Devotional Subjects 64
How these may be distinguished in art.
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General Symbols 67
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Colours as Emblems 76
What colours signified in early art, and how they were associated with certain personages.
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Symbols of God the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost, the Trinity 78
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The Seven Archangels. The Three Archangels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael 81
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Symbols and Attributes of the Virgin 86
Also the Seven Joys and the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin, and the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary.
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Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Historical Series 91
These follow in regular sequence, beginning with the Legend of Joachim and Anna; then the Nativity, the Presentation, and the Marriage of the Virgin; the Annunciation; the Visitation; the Sibyl Prophesying to Augustus Cæsar the Coming of Christ; the Nativity of Christ; the Adoration of the Shepherds; the Adoration of the Magi; the Purification of the Virgin; the Presentation and the Circumcision of Christ; the Flight into Egypt; the Repose of the Holy Family; the Dispute in the Temple; the Death of Joseph; the Marriage at Cana; the Procession to Calvary; the Crucifixion; the Descent from the Cross; the Deposition; the Entombment; the Apparition of Christ to His Mother and to Mary Magdalene; the Ascension; the Descent of the Holy Ghost; the Death and Assumption of the Virgin; the Coronation of the Virgin. (How the Coronation may be distinguished from the Incoronata.)
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Devotional Representations of the Virgin Mary 122
In these she appears as the Enthroned Virgin without the child, as type of heavenly wisdom; L’Incoronata, the type of the Church Triumphant; the Virgin of Mercy, as represented in the Last Judgment; the Mater Dolorosa, the Stabat Mater, La Pietà; the Lady of the Immaculate Conception; the Virgin, and Child Enthroned; the Mater Amabilis.
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St. John Baptist 134
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The Four Evangelists 137
Giving their legends and attributes from the earliest times. St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John.
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The Twelve Apostles 146
Their legends and attributes. St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Andrew, St. James Major, St. Philip, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. James Minor, St. Simon Zelotes, St. Jude (Thaddeus or Lebbeus), St. Matthias, Judas Iscariot, St. Barnabas.
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St. Mary Magdalene 169
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The Last Supper 175
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The Four Latin Fathers 177
Their legends and attributes. St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. Gregory.
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The Patron Saints of Christendom 191
Their legends and attributes. St. George, St. Sebastian, St. Christopher, SS. Cosmo and Damian, St. Roch, St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Catherine, St. Barbara, St. Ursula, St. Margaret.
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The Four Great Virgins of the Latin Church 223
Their legends and attributes. St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, St. Agatha, St. Lucy.
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Legends of the Saints Most Frequently Found in Art 234
St. Stephen Protomartyr, St. Laurence, St. Vincent, St. Anthony Hermit, St. Benedict, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clara, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Bonaventura, St. Louis of France, St. Louis of Toulouse, St. Bernardino of Siena, St. Dominick, St. Peter Martyr, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena.
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The Monastic Orders, and the Habits by which they may be Distinguished 275
Appendix 281
Index 293