Legends of the Madonna as represented in the fine arts.

London, Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, [n.d., circa 1890], 1890. Good. 2nd ed. ; xxiii, 483 pp. ; frontispiece ; illustration ; plate ; LC: N8070; Dewey: 702.715 ; OCLC: 5145005 ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket ; back signature repair; front hinge repair ; Contents: Introduction Origin of the Worship of the Symbols and Attributes of the Virgin -- Supplementary Notes -- Devotional subjects -- Incoronata the Type of the Church triumphant -- The Virgin of Mercy as she is represented in Art -- The Mater Dolorosa seated and standing -- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception -- The Nativity The Prophecy of the Sibyl -- The Nativity as an Event The Time the Place -- The Marriage of the Virgin The Legend -- The Adoration of the Shepherds -- The Purification of the Virgin The Prophecy -- The Flight into Egypt The Massacre of the -- The Repose of the Holy Family -- The Legend of the Gypsy -- The Predestination of the Virgin Curious Picture -- The Enthroned Virgin in the old Mosaics -- La Italiana Pia enthroned -- Mater Sapientia -- The Virgin and Child enthroned with attendant -- John the Baptist -- St Anna -- St Joan -- Various Examples of Arrangement With the The Madonnas of Florence of Siena of Venice -- Half-length Enthroned Madonnas first introduced -- Virgin and Child with St John -- He takes the Cross -- Conclusion of the Devotional Subjects -- Joachim rejected from the Temple Joachim herding -- The Nativity of the Virgin The Importance -- The Presentation of the Virgin A Subject -- The Virgin in the Temple -- Holy Family of three Figures -- The Holy Family of Five and Six Figures -- The Carpenters Shop -- The Death of Joseph -- The Virgin attends on the Ministry of Christ Mysteries -- The Crucifixion -- Proper Treatment of the Virgin -- The Deposition -- Proper Treatment of this Form -- The Life of the Virgin Mary -- The Apostles take leave of the Virgin -- The Death and Assumption of the Virgin -- The Apostles carry the Body of the Virgin -- The Annunciation Its Beauty as a Subject -- Examples of the Assumption -- The Coronation as Distinguished from the Incoronata. ; G