AND

Legendary Art.

BY MRS. JAMESON.

VOLUME II.

CONTAINING

THE PATRON SAINTS, THE MARTYRS, THE EARLY BISHOPS, THE HERMITS,

AND THE WARRIOR SAINTS OF CHRISTENDOM,

AS REPRESENTED IN THE FINE ARTS.

SIXTH EDITION.

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LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

THE PATRON SAINTS OF CHRISTENDOM.

THOSE SAINTS WHO HAD NOT A SCRIPTURAL OR APOSTOLIC SANCTION,

YET WERE INVESTED BY THE POPULAR AND UNIVERSAL FAITH

WITH A PARAMOUNT AUTHORITY.

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ST. GEORGE OF CAPPADOCIA. The Great Martyr. His Legend. Devotional

Figures. St. George and the Dragon. Historical Subjects from his Life. 398

ST. SEBASTIAN. The Legend. Devotional Figures. As Patron Saint against

the Plague. Italian, Spanish, and German Representations. The Legend

of Marcus and Marcellinus. The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Various

Examples. St. Sebastian recalled to Life. How represented

412

ST. ROCH. The Legend. Unknown in Greek Art. Devotional Figures.

Separate Pictures from his Life and History

425

ST. COSMO and ST. DAMIAN. The Legend. Always represented together. Old

Mosaics. As Patron Saints of the Medici Family. Miracles of St. Cosmo

and St. Damian represented in Pictures

433

.

ST. CHRISTOPHER. His Legend a Religious Parable. Virtues attributed to the
Effigies of St. Christopher. Various Examples of the Religious Represen-
tation. Examples which must be considered exceptional. The History of
St. Christopher in a Series of Subjects

ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA. The Saint of the People, and Protector of the Weak

against the Strong. Universally worshipped in the East and in the West.

The Legend. Translation of his Relics from Asia Minor to Italy. Devo-

tional Figures of St. Nicholas. Attributes. Scenes from his Life.

Miracles and Parables relating to St. Nicholas as represented in Pictures

439

450

THE VIRGIN PATRONESSES.

ST. CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA. The Legend. Hypatia of Alexandria. Devo-

tional Figures of St. Catherine; as Patron Saint and Martyr. Various

Examples from the earliest to the latest Schools. The Marriage of St.

Catherine, a strictly Devotional Subject. How represented by various

Painters. Incidents in the Life of St. Catherine historically treated. St.

Catherine buried by Angels.

ST. BARBARA. The Legend. Attributes of St. Barbara as Patron Saint. As

Patroness of Fire Arms. On Guns and Shields. On the Armour of Henry

VIII. in the Tower. Historical Pictures of St. Barbara

ST. URSULA. Antiquity of this wild Legend. Supposed Origin. Unknown in

Greek Art. The Cologne Legend. Devotional Figures and Attributes as

Patron Saint of Young Girls. Separate Subjects from her Life. Her

whole History as painted by Carpaccio; as painted by Hans Hemlinck

ST. MARGARET. Character and Legend. How represented. Her Attribute

the Dragon. Examples of St. Margaret as Patron Saint. Historical

Pictures of St. Margaret

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467

492

501

516

THE EARLY MARTYRS.

Reverence due to the Early Martyrs and to their Effigies. Opinion of Dr.

Arnold. The Ten Persecutions. The beatified Martyrs early introduced

into Church Decoration. Examples at Ravenna and at Rome

THE INNOCENTS. How treated in Art

ST. STEPHEN. Scriptural History. The Legend of the Discovery of his

Relics. Devotional Figures; as Proto-Martyr and Deacon. The Martyr-

dom of St. Stephen. The Life of St. Stephen, in a Series of Subjects by

Fra Angelico, by Carpaccio, by Juan Juanes

ST. LAURENCE. His Legend. One of the most important and authentic in the

main Circumstances. Devotional Figures of St. Laurence. The Gridiron.

Subjects from his Life, by Angelico. Frescoes in the Basilica of San

Lorenzo. The Legend of St. Laurence and Henry II.

ST. VINCENT. Popularity and Antiquity of his Legend.

Beautiful Devotional Figures, by Palma and Luini.

Life

ST. VITUS.

How represented.

523

529

531

538

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547