. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. pen his Ethics; Moses, St. Paul, andthe four Evangelists, are seen above, each with his book ;and over all, Christ appears in a glory: from him proceed therays of light which fall on the Evangelists, thence on thehead of St. Thomas, and emanate from him through theuniverse. Under his feet lie prostrate the three arch-heretics,Arius, Sabellius, and the Arabian Averrhoes, with their bookstorn. In the lower part of the picture is seen a crowd ofecclesiastics looking up to the saint; among them, PopeUrban VI., inscribed Urbanus Se
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. pen his Ethics; Moses, St. Paul, andthe four Evangelists, are seen above, each with his book ;and over all, Christ appears in a glory: from him proceed therays of light which fall on the Evangelists, thence on thehead of St. Thomas, and emanate from him through theuniverse. Under his feet lie prostrate the three arch-heretics,Arius, Sabellius, and the Arabian Averrhoes, with their bookstorn. In the lower part of the picture is seen a crowd ofecclesiastics looking up to the saint; among them, PopeUrban VI., inscribed Urbanus Sex Pisanus, who was livingwhen the picture was painted, about 1380. It is still pre-served with great care in the Church of Sa. Caterina, at figure by Benozzo Gozzoli, now in the Louvre, is so likethis of Traini, that it should seem to be a copy or imitationof it, made when he was at Pisa in 1443. 2. By Taddeo Gaddi, in the large fresco in S. Maria Thomas is seated on a magnificent throne, over which hover 3 o S78 LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC T5 St. Thomas Aquinas. (Benozzo Gozzoli.) seven angels carrying the symbols of the theological his right hand sit Peter, Paul, Moses, David, and Solomon ;on the left the four Evangelists. Crouching under his feetare the three great heretics, Arius, Averrhoes, and a row beneath, and enthroned under beautiful Gothicniches, are fourteen female figures, representing the Arts andSciences; and at their feet are seated fourteen figures of greattheological and scientific 3. By Filippino Lippi, in the S. Maria-sopra-Minerva; a large elaborate fresco, similar to the preceding in the leadingallegory, but the whole treated in a more modern style. is enthroned on high, under a canopy of rich classicarchitecture ; under his feet are the arch-heretics, and on eachside stand the theological virtues. In front of the pictureare assembled those renowned polemical writers, disputants,and sc
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