Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 200
the misericordes,where the comae and the fantastic usually hide, sacredsubjects are often represented. There are a multi-tude of little scenes, each nook and cranny has itsgroup or figure; and, side by side with the religiousseriousness, there is the profane thought, the practicaland Gallic wit.… … EVERY PERSONAGE, BIBLICAL OR LEGENDARY, FRENCH OR ORIENTAL,IS A BEING OF THE XVI CENTURY.—AMIENS. VOL. II 12 177 Amiens 179 Virgins death, several Apostles, in order to watch herholy face, have chmbed on a bench, and rats and miceare scurrying beneath their feet. Besides this commingling of the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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