C173

Hirn, Yrjö. The Sacred Shrine: A Study of the Poetry and Art of the Catholic Church. London, Macmillan, 1912. xv, 574p. LC 12-22048.
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"Begun as a description of purely aesthetic and literary history, but has developed into a synthetic treatment of the aesthetic characteristics of Catholic mentality" (Introduction). Whatever that might mean, the topics covered include the altar, relics, the mass, the sanctuary, the host, monstrance, tabernacle and Mary. While the text may or may not prove accurate, the bibliographies are at least plentiful.