Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 142
so violently intolerable to the modern sense, thatthey are remembered when the beautiful and ap-propriate portrayals of a myriad of familiar Biblicalscenes have passed from the mind. In the study of Gothic symbolism, all its phasesshould be considered; but, in studying them justly,it will be… … THE PORTRAYAL OF . . . FAMILIAR BIBLICAL SCENES. AMIENS. Symbolism 113 of Mende who wrote in 1286, that century of the great-est Gothic, will perhaps show how much the generalmoral viewpoint of a majority of Christian folk haschanged. A woman, writes Monseigneur Durand, mustcover her head in the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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