. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. St. Bruno reading the Popes letter.(Le Sueur.) 1. Raymond, a learned doctor of Paris, and canon of Notre Dame, teachingtheology to his pupils. Bruno, horn at Cologne, was the son of rich and noble parents, who,proud of his early distinction in letters, sent him to finish his studies in thetheological school at Paris, under a celebrated teacher and preacher, whosesame was Raymond. In this picture Raymond Is instructing his auditorsfrom the pulpit, and Bruno, under the lineaments of a beautiful youth, isseated in front,—a book u
. Legends of the monastic orders : as represented in the fine arts. St. Bruno reading the Popes letter.(Le Sueur.) 1. Raymond, a learned doctor of Paris, and canon of Notre Dame, teachingtheology to his pupils. Bruno, horn at Cologne, was the son of rich and noble parents, who,proud of his early distinction in letters, sent him to finish his studies in thetheological school at Paris, under a celebrated teacher and preacher, whosesame was Raymond. In this picture Raymond Is instructing his auditorsfrom the pulpit, and Bruno, under the lineaments of a beautiful youth, isseated in front,—a book under his arm, and listening with deep attention. 2. The death of Raymond. This learned doctor, venerated by the people for his apparent piety andaustere virtue, lies extended on his deathbed. A priest, attended by twoyoung students, one of whom is Bruno, presents ;h„e crucifix. A demon atthe pillow appears ready to catch the fleeting soul. This may have sug-gested to Reynolds the imp upon the pillow of Cardinal Beaufort; but in ST. BRUNO. 120. 23 St. Bruno. (Statue by Houdon, in the at Rome.) both instances it is a fault of taste which we expect to meet with and excusein the early ages of Art, but which is inexcusable in painters of the seven-teenth and eighteenth centuries. 3. The fearful resurrection of Raymond. Now Raymond, being greatly venerated for his apparent sanctity, wascarried to the grave attended by a great concourse of the people ; and asthey were chanting the service for the dead, just as they came to the words Responde mihi quantas habes iniquitates, the dead man half raised himselffrom his bier, and cried, with a lamentable voice, By the justice of God 1am accused! thereupon the priests laid down the bier, and put off the in-terment till the following clay. Next day they again formed in procession,and as they chanted the same words, responde mihi, the dead man againrose up and cried out with a more dreadful voice, By the justice of God 1am judged !
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