Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 113
f less mo-ment to ascertainwhether such crea-tures as griffinsand unicornsreally exist, thanto discover whatreligious tenetst h e y inculcate;Saint Augustineaffirms that it isnot for us to findout whether these marvellous stories are true orfalse, but rather to give heed to their spiritual… … AN ILLUSTRATION OF ANIMAL SYMBOL-ISM. PARIS. Symbolism 83 of the Dark Ages, all learning, secular as well as sacred,was in the safe-keeping of the Church; and, in thisatmosphere of uncritical, unquestioning piety, manybranches of science acquired a strange—and forced-theological usefulness and a…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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