Sacred and Legendary Art: Containing Legends of the Angels and Archangels, the Evangelists, the Apostles, the Doctors of the Church, and St. Mary Magdalene, as Represented in the Fine Arts, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1857 - Christian art and symbolism |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Of the Distinction to be drawn between Devotional | 18 |
tion | 26 |
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