The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 438
itecture.—Byzantine Style.—Formation of the Norman Style.—Principal Norman Churches.—Age of the Transitionfrom Norman to Gothic—Origin and Importance of the Ogive.—Principal Edifices in the pureGothic Style.—The Gothic Church, an Emblem of the Religious Spirit in the Middle Ages.—Florid… … HEN the Christian family, humble and per-secuted, was beginning to form itself into congre-gations ; when it was forbidden to consecrate anyspecial edifice to the performance of the services of itsreligion—a religion which opposed to the gorgeousceremonies of polytheism the most austere…
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