Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 162
... beauty , makes heaven itself long for her presence : che non have altro difetto / che d'aver lei ... ( One imperfection only heaven has / the lack of her . . . ) . * For she is quanto de ben po far natura ; / per esempio di lei bieltà ...
... beauty , makes heaven itself long for her presence : che non have altro difetto / che d'aver lei ... ( One imperfection only heaven has / the lack of her . . . ) . * For she is quanto de ben po far natura ; / per esempio di lei bieltà ...
Page 233
... beauty and loveliness of her there could be no wearying for a world of men . She smelt ambrosially sweet , and her shoulders and limbs were bare , her face uncovered to the world . The other bishops with Nonnus turn away , sickened at ...
... beauty and loveliness of her there could be no wearying for a world of men . She smelt ambrosially sweet , and her shoulders and limbs were bare , her face uncovered to the world . The other bishops with Nonnus turn away , sickened at ...
Page 336
... beauty and mystery , a kind of hesitancy and humility that is hardly ever present in images of masculine beauty and goodness . In such an icon as this school of Giotto painting - the beauty of which no one would deny , just as I am not ...
... beauty and mystery , a kind of hesitancy and humility that is hardly ever present in images of masculine beauty and goodness . In such an icon as this school of Giotto painting - the beauty of which no one would deny , just as I am not ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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