The floral symbolism of the great mastersHaig, Elizabeth
Religion
The floral symbolism of the great masters
Haig, Elizabeth
Flowers -- Symbolic aspects
[7] ‘This is that herb which such physicians as are licensed to
blaspheme by authority without danger of having their tongues burned
through with a hot iron called an herb of the Trinity; it is also
called, by those who are more moderate, three faces in a hood ... and
in Sussex we call them pancies.’ Culpeper’s _Herbal_.
[8] C. Marriott.
[9] Corsini Gallery, Florence.
[10] Naples Museum.
[11] Stroganoff Collection, Rome.
[12] Accademia, Florence.
[13] Ex Convent of S. Apollonia, Florence.
[14] Bargello, Florence.
[15] Adoration, Pitti Palace, private apartments.
[16] Cathedral, Perugia.
[17] J. K. Huysmans, _La Cathédrale_.
[18] Attributed to Giotto. Collection of A. E. Street, Esq.
[19] Isaiah XXXV. 1.
[20] Wolfenbüttel Copy, Bibliothèque Nationale.
[21] Marienpfarrkirchen, Danzig.
[22] Town Museum, Leyden.
[23] ‘The Smaller Passion,’ British Museum.
[24] J. K. Huysmans, _La Cathédrale_.
[25] _Complete Book of Heraldry_, 1780. vol. i.
[26] ‘The effigies of the Kings of Navarre, successors to Garcias,
are still to be seen with this order about their necks in the Church
of St Mary at Nagera, St Saviour’s de Layra and St Mary la Reale of
Pompelona, as also in the church at Ronceneux, and at St John’s de la
Pigna.’ (Edmondson.)
[27] Now in Seville Cathedral.
[28] Solomon’s Song v. 9.
[29]
‘Ut ipsa corporis species simulacrum fuerit mentis.’
_De Verginit_, lib. ii. chap. 2.
[30] S. Maria Trastevere, Rome.
[31] National Gallery, London.
[32] Lower Church, Assisi.
[33] Uffizi, Florence.
[34] Or San Michele, Florence.
[35] Frankfort-on-the-Maine.
[36] Berlin.
[37] Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
[38] Royal Museum, Antwerp.
[39] Coll. Radziwill, Berlin.
[40] Royal Gallery, Berlin.
[41] Prado, Madrid.
[42] Uffizi, Florence.
[43] ‘Coronation of the Virgin,’ shrine of Saint Ursula, Bruges.
[44] ‘Christ surrounded by Angels,’ Royal Museum, Antwerp.
[45] ‘Madonna with the Child,’ Marienpfarrkirche, Danzig.
[46] _Purga_, xxix. 81.
[47] _See_ Chapter XIV., ‘The Lily of the Annunciation.’
[48] Accademia, Florence.
[49] The Brera, Milan.
[50] The Rudolphinum, Prague.
[51] Chaucer, _The Knight’s Tale_.
[52] Schifanoja Palace, Ferrara.
[53] Botticelli, Uffizi.
[54] Walter Pater, ‘Sandro Botticelli.’
[55] _Legenda Aurea._
[56] William Dunbar.
[57] _The Book of Spiritual Grace._
[58] Orvieto Cathedral.
[59] Accademia, Florence.
[60] The _Portincula_ or _Porzuincola_ (the little portion) built by
Saint Benedict and rebuilt by Saint Francis was the first church of the
Franciscan order. It is now enclosed by the Church of S. Maria degli
Angeli, and, close by, the rose-bushes of the legend, still thornless,
are shown.
[61] Prado, Madrid.
[62] Cadiz.
[63] Wilton House.
[64] Museo Provincial, Seville.
[65] Florence. To be placed in the Riccardi Palace.
[66] Palazzo Pitti.
[67] Robert de la Condamine, _The Upper Garden_.
[68] In the Bibliothèque de l’Arsénal, Paris.
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