The Open court . of hernamesake of Alexandria, and her mystic marriage has been picturedin her home, the Dominican convent at Siena, and by Umbrianpainters. The Pall Mall Magazine in a series of articles entitled HalfHolidays at the National Gallery. in an attempt to make the subject t Ibid., p. 462. 7Z^ THE OPEN COURT, inlclli{,:^ible to the inudcni Iinjtcstant spirit, makes tlic followingcomment upon San Severinos picture: The mystic marriage wliich forms the subject of this picture,where the infant Christ is placing the ring on her finger, suggeststhe secret of her power. Once when she was
The Open court . of hernamesake of Alexandria, and her mystic marriage has been picturedin her home, the Dominican convent at Siena, and by Umbrianpainters. The Pall Mall Magazine in a series of articles entitled HalfHolidays at the National Gallery. in an attempt to make the subject t Ibid., p. 462. 7Z^ THE OPEN COURT, inlclli{,:^ible to the inudcni Iinjtcstant spirit, makes tlic followingcomment upon San Severinos picture: The mystic marriage wliich forms the subject of this picture,where the infant Christ is placing the ring on her finger, suggeststhe secret of her power. Once when she was fasting and praying,Christ himself api)eare(l to her. she said, and gave her his love was the keynote of her religon. and the mainspring of herlife. In no merely figurative sense did she regard herself as thespouse of Christ, but dwelt upon the bliss, beyond all mortal happi-ness, which she enjoyed in communion with her Lord. Tiie worldhas not lost its ladies of the race of St. Catharine, beautiful and.
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