Sacred Symbols in Art
by Elisabeth Goldsmith
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About this eBook
- Author
- Goldsmith, Elisabeth, 1860-
- Title
- Sacred symbols in art
- Original Publication
- New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1912.
- Credits
- Bob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- N: Fine Arts
- Subject
- Christian art and symbolism
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78921
- Release Date
- June 22, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.SACRED SYMBOLS IN ART
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- 6.PREFACE
- 7.CONTENTS
- 8.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 9.Untitled
- 10.I.—SYMBOLS OF THE SAINTS
- 11.II.—SAINTS AND SYMBOLS
- 12.III.—HISTORICAL AND DEVOTIONAL SUBJECTS
- 13.IV.—GENERAL SYMBOLS — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.V.—COLOURS AS EMBLEMS
- 15.VI.—THE TRINITY — FOOTNOTES:
- 16.VII.—ARCHANGELS [4] — FOOTNOTES:
- 17.VIII.—SYMBOLS AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE VIRGIN
- 18.IX.—LEGENDS OF THE MADONNA — FOOTNOTES:
- 19.X.—DEVOTIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VIRGIN MARY — FOOTNOTES:
- 20.XI.—ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
- 21.XII.—THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
- 22.XIII.—THE TWELVE APOSTLES — FOOTNOTES:
- 23.XIV.—MARY MAGDALENE
- 24.XV.—THE LAST SUPPER
- 25.XVI.—THE FOUR LATIN FATHERS — FOOTNOTES:
- 26.XVII.—THE PATRON SAINTS OF CHRISTENDOM
- 27.XVIII.—THE FOUR GREAT VIRGINS OF THE LATIN CHURCH — ST. CECILIA, ST. AGNES, ST. AGATHA, AND ST. LUCY
- 28.XIX.—LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS MOST FREQUENTLY FOUND IN ART — FOOTNOTES:
- 29.XX.—THE MONASTIC ORDERS — FOOTNOTES:
- 30.APPENDIX — FOOTNOTES:
- 31.SYMBOLS OF CERTAIN OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS — THE PROPHETS — THE PATRIARCHS
- 32.INDEX
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