Transcriber’s Note

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Cover image created by Transcriber, using an illustration from the original book, and placed into the Public Domain.

Lorenzo da Sanseverino

Photo Hanfstängl

THE VIRGIN IN A STRAWBERRY-DECORATED MANTLE

Below are the Gourd and Apple, symbols of Resurrection and Death

(National Gallery)

Frontispiece]

THE
FLORAL SYMBOLISM OF
THE GREAT MASTERS

BY
ELIZABETH HAIG

LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD.
BROADWAY HOUSE, 68–74 CARTER LANE, E.C.
1913

The Divine Heart (19th Century—German)