THE LADY POVERTY

“Sacrum Commercium Beati Francisci cum Domina Paupertate”

Giotto.

The Espousals of St. Francis to the Lady Poverty.

The frontispiece of this volume is reproduced by permission from a photograph by Messrs Alinari of Florence.

THE LADY POVERTY

A XIII. CENTURY ALLEGORY
TRANSLATED & EDITED BY
MONTGOMERY CARMICHAEL

WITH A CHAPTER ON THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EVANGELICAL POVERTY BY FATHER CUTHBERT O. S. F. G.