Excerpt from Sacred and Legendary Art, Vol. 1: 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<br><br>The legends of the monastic ordm, and the history of the Frantziscans and Dominicans, considered merely in their connection with the revival and development of the Fine Arts in the thirteenth and fourteenth centu rice. Open sowidearange ofspeculation, - theeharae teristics of these religious enthusiasts of both sexes are so full of interest and beauty as artistic conceptions, and as psychological and philosophical studies so as traordinary, that I could not, in conscience, comprem them into a few pages; they form a volume complete in itself, entitled, Legends of the Monastic Orders.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.