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INTRODUCTION—

Origin of the Worship of the Madonna.

Earliest artistic Representations.

Origin of the Group of the Virgin and Child in the Fifth Century.

The First Council at Ephesus.

The Iconoclasts.

First Appearance of the Effigy of the Virgin on Coins.

Period of Charlemagne.

Period of the Crusades.

Revival of Art in the Thirteenth Century.

The Fourteenth Century.

Influence of Dante.

The Fifteenth Century.

The Council of Constance and the Hussite Wars.

The Sixteenth Century.

The Luxury of Church Pictures.

The Influence of Classical Literature on the Representations of the

Virgin.

The Seventeenth Century.

Theological Art.

Spanish Art.

Influence of Jesuitism on Art.

Authorities followed by Painters in the earliest Times.

Legend of St. Luke.

Character of the Virgin Mary as drawn in the Gospels.

Early Descriptions of her Person; how far attended to by the Painters.

Poetical Extracts descriptive of the Virgin Mary.

SYMBOLS AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE VIRGIN.

Proper Costume and Colours.

DEVOTIONAL SUBJECTS AND HISTORICAL SUBJECTS.

Altar-pieces.

The Life of the Virgin Mary as treated in a Series.

The Seven Joys and Seven Sorrows as a Series.

Titles of the Virgin, as expressed in Pictures and Effigies.

Churches dedicated to her.

Conclusion.