St augustine philosopher ideas for painting

In portraits St. Augustine is dressed as a bishop, but what distinguishes him from other bishops is his splendid set of "pontifical" vestments – richly adorned mitre and crozier, episcopal gloves and sandals, and an elaborately decorated cope, as at right.

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The edging of the cope may be richly embroidered, with portraits of saints or scenes from sacred history. Jewels may decorate the mitre and the edging and buckle of the cope.

Such splendor is not based on the practice of the historical Augustine.

The Golden Legend quotes him as having disdained costly garments and even selling them off when they arrived as donations so that their "price may be shared by all." Rather, the image of Augustine in rich vestments is drawn from the liturgy and the legends, and is meant to envision the saint as he is now, in Heaven.

In the liturgy, the splendid garment appears in the Collect for the saint's feast on August 28: "In the midst of the Church he opened his