Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 64
j/M. THEIR SCULPTURES HAVE INFINITE . . . LI XURY. —CHARTKES. 39 Chartres 41 adornment and the long points of their strange shoes.Thin, almost emaciated figures, individual in expres-sion, but stiff in position, it has been quaintly and poeti-cally said that they represent spiritualised bodies.With… … IN the NARTHEX.—CHARTRES. of temporal affairs and temporal learning. The vault-ing of the left porch represents the twelve months ofthe year, and as sufficient space remained for the signsof the Zodiac, they also were carved. The right baycontains the Liberal Arts, a very interesting contrast 42…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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