Art, Symbol & Imagination
Rosa Mystica
A young woman faces forward with her hands joined in prayer. Flowers and curling stems cover her dark robe beneath a great pale halo. The title Rosa Mystica connects the floral pattern and still pose with Horton’s devotional image of sacred womanhood.
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W. T. Horton. "Rosa Mystica" [printed contents title]. In A Book of Images, W. T. Horton; introduction by W. B. Yeats. Illustrated 1898 edition, supplied as a digital scan, 1898, Unicorn Press. Source scan leaf 61. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/horton-rosa-mystica
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Title from the printed contents list. Editorial description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Title follows the printed contents. The complete source plate retains its paper tone, margins and signature. Description concerns visible forms rather than assigning a universal symbolic meaning.
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W. T. Horton. Rosa Mystica. A Book of Images. Scan leaf 61. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/horton-rosa-mystica