irgin Mary as treated in a Series.
The Seven Joys and Seven Sorrows as a Series.
Titles of the Virgin, as expressed in Pictures and Effigies.
Churches dedicated to her.
Conclusion.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECTS.
PART I.
THE VIRGIN WITHOUT THE CHILD.
LA VERGINE GLORIOSA. Earliest Figures. The Mosaics. The Virgin of San
Venanzio. The Virgin of Spoleto.
The Enthroned Virgin without the Child, as type of heavenly Wisdom.
Various Examples.
L'INCORONATA, the Type of the Church triumphant. The Virgin crowned by
her Son. Examples from the old Mosaics. Examples of the Coronation of
the Virgin from various Painters.
The VIRGIN OF MERCY, as she is represented in the Last Judgment.
The Virgin, as Dispenser of Mercy on Earth. Various Examples.
The MATER DOLOROSA seated and standing, with the Seven Swords.
The _Stabat Mater_, the Ideal Pieta. The Votive Pieta by Guido.
OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Origin of the Subject. History
of the Theological Dispute. The First Papal Decree touching the
Immaculate Conception. The Bull of Paul V. The Popularity of the
Subject in Spain. Pictures by Guido, by Roelas, Velasquez, Murillo.
The Predestination of the Virgin. Curious Picture by Cotignola.
PART II.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD.
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED. _Virgo Deipara_. The Virgin in her
Maternal Character. Origin of the Group of the Mother and Child.
Nestorian Controversy.
The Enthroned Virgin in the old Mosaics. In early Italian Art The
Virgin standing as _Regina Coeli_.
_La Madre Pia_ enthroned. _Mater Sapientiae_ with the Book.
The Virgin and Child enthroned with attendant Figures; with Angels;
with Prophets; with Apostles.
With Saints: John the Baptist; St. Anna; St. Joachim; St. Joseph.
With Martyrs and Patron Saints.
_Various Examples of Arrangement_. With the Fathers of the Church;
with St. Jerome and St. Catherine; with the Marriage of St. Catherine.
The Virgin and Child between St. Catherine and St. Barbara; with Mary
Magdalene; with St. Lucia.
The Virgin and Child between St. George and St. Nicholas; with St.
Christopher; with St. Leonard. The Virgin of Charity.
The Madonnas of Florence; of Siena; of Venice and Lombardy. How
attended.
The Virgin attended by the Monastic Saints. Examples from various
Painters.
Votive Madonnas. For Mercies accorded; for Victory; for Deliverance
from Pestilence; against Fl
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