 ... beheld him ascend to heaven, borne in the arms of angels. Devotional pictures of St. Ambrose alone as patron saint do not often occur. In general he wears the episcopal pallium with the mitre and crosier as bishop : the bee-hive is sometimes placed...  The Numismatic Chronicle - Page 2351887Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1848 - 464 pages
...and crozier as bishop ; the bee-hive is sometimes placed at his feet ; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge...we may presume, when the scourge has three knots, or three thongs. I have seen figures of St. Ambrose holding two human bones in his hand. When this... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1857 - 548 pages
...and crosier as bishop : the bee-hive is sometimes placed at his feet ; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge...we may presume, when the scourge has three knots, or three thongs. I have seen figures of St. Ambrose holding two human bones in his hand. When this... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1857 - 442 pages
...and crosier as bishop : the bee-hive is sometimes placed at his feet ; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge...we may presume, when the scourge has three knots, or three thongs. I have seen figures of St. Ambrose holding two human bones in his hand. When this... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1891 - 450 pages
...and crosier as bishop : the bee-hive is sometimes placed at his feet ; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge...emblem of the castigation of sin : in the hand of Sr. Ambrose it may signify the penance inflicted on the Emperor Theodosins ; or, as others interpret... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1895 - 478 pages
...mitre and crosier as bishop: the beehive is sometimes placed at his feet; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge...meaning, we may presume, when the scourge has three knots or three thongs. I have seen figures of St. Ambrose holding two human bones in his hand. When this... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1895 - 478 pages
...and crosier as bishop : the beehive is sometimes placed at his feet ; but a more frequent attribute is the knotted scourge with three thongs. The scourge...meaning, we may presume, when the scourge has three knots or three thongs. I have seen figures of St. Ambrose holding two human bones in his hand. When this... | |
 | Elizabeth Edwards Goldsmith - 1911 - 312 pages
...feet, but his more frequent attribute is a knotted scourge with three thongs, the scourge symbolising the castigation of sin. In the hand of St. Ambrose it may also signify the penance inflicted on the Emperor Theodosius, or the expulsion of the Arians from Italy... | |
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