La France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux (page 1/3)

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Saint Bonaventura as a Monk

An engraving of Saint Bonaventura standing in a Franciscan monk’s robe or cowl, hood back to reveal his tonsured head, staring up at birds, children singing, and rays of light suggesting a higher supernatural presence. He is enclosed in a wooden/twig border with six [...] [more...] [$]

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

St.Elizabeth of Hungary (1207 – 1231) is a patron saint of bakers, beggars, brides, charities and of the death of children. She was a princess and at the age of sixteen was taught by Franciscan friars; she wore simple clothes and distributed bread to the poor. The main scene illustrated in this picture is when her brother-in-law accused her of stealing [...] [more...] [$]

Harvest Time

Les Vendages, Drawing by Yan’ Dargent. [more...] [$]

Field Worker

This field worker is busy harvesting; he is a detail from a much larger image i plan to post separately. [more...] [$]

Vignette: crucifix with skull and prayer book or bible

A tall crucifix (a cross bearing a man being tortured to death) stands on a desk or table; it emanates light, dhining on a book propped open behind it, and on a skull. The skull may represent the miraculously incorrupt head of the saint, or could represent the hill, Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, as that hill was said to have the shape of a skull. [...] [more...] [$]