A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art

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Item:: Book
Title:: A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art
Author:: Clara Erskine Clement
Illustrator:
Printer:: James R. Osgood and Company (Publisher); University Press: John Wilson and Son.
Place of Printing:: Cambridge
Date of Printing:: 1884
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Donated by:: Kenneth Innes III

Author and Commentators

Clara Erskine Clement (14834-1916). American author and world traveler.

The Book

575 pages. Illustrated. A reference guide to many stories, legends, and symbols in art works in churches, many museums and art galleries in Europe.

SYMBOLISM IN ART . 1
LEGENDS AND STORIES ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 31
LEGENDS OF PLACE . 318
ANCIENT MYTHS WHICH HAVE BEEN ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 418
APPENDIX TO LEGEND AND STORES ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 499
APPENDIX TO LEGEND OF PLACE. 508
APPENDIX TO ANCIENT MYTH. 516
CATALOGUE OF PICTURES IN EUROPEAN GALLERIES. 529
GENERAL INDEX 563

A later edition of this book (1890) can be found online at:
https://ia800502.us.archive.org/31/items/handbookoflegend00clem/handbookoflegend00clem.pdf

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Front Cover

Flyleaves

By the Same Author

Frontispiece

Title

Preface

Preface & Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Ilustrations

List of Illustrations

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Appendix A

Appendix B

Catalogue of Pictures

General Index

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Spalatro

Virgin Mary

Human Forms with Heads of Mystic Beasts

St Agnes

St Anna, Virgin & Child

Florence Academy

The Vision of St Bernard

St Bernard

St Bernardino of Siena

St Bonaventura

St Bruno

St Catherine

Marriage of St Catherine

St Catherine

St Christina

St Christopher

St Clara

Constantine

St Justina

St Dominick

St Dorthea

St Dunstan

St Ethelreda's Dream

St Euphemia

St Felix

St Ferdinand

St Francis

St Francis de Paula

Archangel Gabriel

St Genevieve

St George

St Giles

St Helena

St Henry

St Cunegunda

St Hubert

St Hugh

Christ Blessing the Little Children

St Ignasius

St Ignasius Loyola

Santiago

Penance of St Jerome

Penance of St John Chrysostom

St John Gualberto

St Justa & St Rufina

Raising of Lazarus

St Lorenzo

St Lucia

The Nativity

The Virgin

Annunciation

St Theresa

The Virgin

Blessed Virgin

Madonna St. Dominic, St. Barbara

St Martin

Death of Mary

St Maurice

St Michael

Church of St Nicholas

St Nicholas

Miracle of St Nilus

St Peter Nolasco

St Raphael

Prophecy of the Sybil

St Sigismond

St Thecla

St Theresa

St Thomas a Becket

St Ursula

St Zenobio Revives a Dead Child

Achilles

Bellerophon