. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. Head of St. Benedict. X After Perugiuo.) &t. SeneWct aim tlje eatlp Benemctfae* m Italp,JFrance, g>pam, anti jFlan&ers. 529. First in point of time, and first in interest and importancenot merely in the history of art, but in the history of civilisa-tion, we rank the Benedictine Order in all its branches. The effigies of the saintly personages of this renowned andwide-spread Order occur in every period, and every form, andevery school of art, from the earliest and rudest to the latest andworst,—from the 10th to the 18t
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. Head of St. Benedict. X After Perugiuo.) &t. SeneWct aim tlje eatlp Benemctfae* m Italp,JFrance, g>pam, anti jFlan&ers. 529. First in point of time, and first in interest and importancenot merely in the history of art, but in the history of civilisa-tion, we rank the Benedictine Order in all its branches. The effigies of the saintly personages of this renowned andwide-spread Order occur in every period, and every form, andevery school of art, from the earliest and rudest to the latest andworst,—from the 10th to the 18th century. To the reflectingmmd they are surrounded with associations of the highestinterest, and are suggestive of a thousand thoughts—somepainful and humiliating, such as wait on all the institutions B 2 LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS. which spring out of the temporary conditions of society andour imperfect human nature : yet predominant over these,feelings of gratitude, sympathy, and admiration ; if not in allcases due to the individual represented
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