THE LADY POVERTY
“Sacrum Commercium Beati Franciscicum Domina Paupertate”
Giotto.
The Espousals of St. Francis to the Lady Poverty.
The frontispiece of this volume is reproducedby permission from a photograph by MessrsAlinari of Florence.
THE LADY POVERTY
A XIII. CENTURY ALLEGORY
TRANSLATED & EDITED BY
MONTGOMERY CARMICHAEL
WITH A CHAPTER ON THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCEOF EVANGELICAL POVERTY BY FATHER CUTHBERT O. S. F. G.
London
John Murray, Albemarle Street
1901
CONTENTS
| Introduction— | ||
| PAGE | ||
| (a) | Editions | xvii |
| (b) | Authorship and Date | xxviii |
| (c) | Translation and Scripture References | xlii |
| The Lady Poverty. | ||
| I. | In Praise of Poverty | 3 |
| II. | How the Blessed Francis made diligent search for the Lady Poverty | 8 |
| III. | How two old men showed the Blessed Francis where he might find the Lady Poverty | 14 |
| IV. | Of the First Companions of the Blessed Francis | 20 |
| V. | How the Blessed Francis and his Companions found the Lady Poverty on the Mountain | 24 |
| VI. | The Blessed Francis and his Companions, exalting her virtues in divers ways, beseech the Lady Poverty to abide with them forever | 28 |
| VII. | The Answer of My Lady Poverty | 41 |
| VIII. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |