Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . dging for the night. And Mary said to him, The LordGod will receive thee to his right hand, and grant theepardon of thy sins ! And it was so: for in after times thesetwo thieves were crucified with Christ, one on the right hand,and one on the left; and the merciful thief went before theSaviour into Paradise. The scene of this encounter with the robbers, near Ramla,is still pointed out to travellers, and still in evil repute asthe haunt of banditti. The crusaders visited the spot as apl
Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine artsForming the third series of Sacred and legendary art . dging for the night. And Mary said to him, The LordGod will receive thee to his right hand, and grant theepardon of thy sins ! And it was so: for in after times thesetwo thieves were crucified with Christ, one on the right hand,and one on the left; and the merciful thief went before theSaviour into Paradise. The scene of this encounter with the robbers, near Ramla,is still pointed out to travellers, and still in evil repute asthe haunt of banditti. The crusaders visited the spot as aplace of pilgrimage; and the Abbe Orsini considers the firstpart of the story as authenticated; but the legend concerningthe good thief he admits to be doubtful. As an artistic subject this scene has been seldom have seen two pictures which represent it. One is a frescoby Giovanni di San Giovanni, which, having been cut fromthe wall of some suppressed convent, is now in the academyat Florence. The other is a composition by Zuccaro, of whichI give a little sketch. (120.) THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. 253. 120 The Robber. One of the most popular legends concerning the Flight intoEgypt is that of the palm or date tree, which at the com-mand of Jesus bowed down its branches to shade and refresh hismother; hence, in the scene of the Flight, a palm tree becamea usual accessory. In a picture by Antonello Mel lone, theChild stretches out his little hand and lays hold of the branch;sometimes the branch is bent down by angel hands. Sozo-menes relates, that when the Holy Family reached the termof their journey, and approached the city of Heliopolis inEgypt, a tree which grew before the gates of the city, andwas regarded with great veneration as the seat of a god, 254 LE&ENDS OF THE MADONNA.
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