Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 172
every pillar in the structure,beiiif^ of marble, helped by its dark rich burnish to remove that pale monotonywhich we have found so painful; then, arch and wall and g-roining were fromend to end aflame with vermilion in arabesque and saint and angel; then, everywindow—and the wall of this cathedral… … THE CHOIB. The colour-system of the cathedral which has been so terribly misunder-stood—the modern arabesques, for examj^le, are painted upon a Avhite ground;the old ones may still be seen to have been painted upon a deep colouring,making a vast difference in the solemnity of the aggregate…
Cathedrals · Church architecture · Abbeys
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