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Identifier: childrensbookofa00conw (find matches)
Title: The children's book of art
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Conway, Agnes Ethel Conway, Martin, Sir
Subjects: Art
Publisher: London : Adam and Charles Black
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library



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year when these eventstook place, for it can have importance in deter-mining the saint whom a personage chiefly honouredas patron and protector. In this instance St.John the Baptist, whose feast occurs on June 23,near to the day of Richards accession, obviouslystands as patron saint of the young King.Next to him is King Edward the Confessor,the founder of Westminster Abbey, who wascanonized for his sanctity and who points toRichard II. as his spiritual successor upon thethrone. In medieval art the saints are distin-guished by their emblems, which often have anassociation with the grim way in which they mettheir death, or with some other prominent featurein their legend. Here Edward holds up a ring,whereof a pretty story is told. Edward once took itoff his finger to give it to a beggar, because he hadno money with him. But the beggar was no otherthan John the Evangelist in disguise, and twoyears later he sent the ring back to the King withthe message that in six months Edward would be
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J u RICHARD II. 33 in the joy of heaven with him. William Caxton,the first English printer, relates in his life of KingEdward that when he heard the message he wasfull of joy and let fall tears from his eyes, givingpraise and thanksgiving to Almighty God. St. Edmund, who stands next to Edward theConfessor, is the other saintly King of England ;after whom the town of Bury St. Edmunds takesits name. He was shot to death with arrows bythe Danes because he would not give up Chris-tianity. If I could show you several suitablychosen pictures at once, you would recognize inthe arrangement of the three Kings here (twostanding, one kneeling before the Virgin andChild) a plain resemblance to the typical treat-ment of a well-known subject—the Adorationof the Magi. You remember how when thethree Wise Men of the East—always thoughtof in the Middle Ages as Kings—had followedthe star which led them to the manger whereChrist was born, they brought Him gold andfrankincense and myrrh as offerings

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