Augustine Gallery

The late Mr. J. Augustine Wade, 1845. Creator: Unknown

The late Mr. J. Augustine Wade, 1845. Portrait of Irish composer and conductor Joseph Augustine Wade. When a boy, between nine and ten years of age, Mr. Wade left home, presented himself at the gate of Trinity College, Dublin, and, addressing the porter in Latin, according to usage, obtained his admission...He subsequently studied as a surgeon, but ultimately adopted music as a profession...Mr. Wade was a classical scholar, a master of modern languages, an accomplished instrumentalist, and a profound theorist. He was agreeable and courteous in personal character and conversation, generous and frank in disposition; had he possessed more persevering industry, his excellent scholarship and natural genius would have secured to him more substantial results. We lament to learn that he has left a widow totally unprovided for'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII

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De Civitate Dei Libri XXII (City of God), handwritten copy made probably in Avignon (France)

De Civitate Dei Libri XXII (City of God), handwritten copy made probably in Avignon (France), 13th-14th centuries, in the Cathedral of Vic (Osona) since March 1442, the work is a defense against paganism and was written by Saint Augustine of Hippo

13th 14th Centuries, 5th Century, Augustine, Avignon, Cathedral, City Of God, Colour, Copy, De Civitate Dei Libri Xxii, Defense, Episcopal Museum, France, Handwritten, Hippo, History, Horizontal, Literature, Paganism, Religion, Saint Augustine Of Hippo, Santiago Ortega, Spain Catalonia Osona, Vic

Abbot Elfnoth, 1020-1050, (1910)

Abbot Elfnoth, 1020-1050, (1910). A 19th-century depiction after an 11th-century manuscript, showing Abbot Elfnoth (died 980 AD) presenting his book of prayer to St Augustine. Augustine is represented as an archbishop wearing the pallium over a chasuble, the high collar seen being probably the amice. Under the chasuble is a dalmatic with wide sleeves, the two ends of the stole appear beneath the dalmatic, the widening of the ends is characteristic of the Saxon period. Elfnoth also wears chasuble, dalmatic, amice (ornamental collar) and alb (robe). Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910)

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