The cathedrals and churches of northern Italy, their history and their architecture; (1908)
Bumpus, T. Francis (Thomas Francis) · Boston, L.C. Page and company · leaf 244
, but are only set againstthe wall for the sake of their beauty andvalue. On entering the basilica, the first impres-sion received of its mosaic decoration is sim-ilar to that made upon us when we turn atrandom over the pages of a New Testamentwithout stopping to read any particular part.Christ… … The Cathedrals of Northern Italy on a cross, but the God Man, Christ Jesus,in the plenitude of His power, in whomdwelleth all the fullness of the Godheadbodily. The words of Ruskin are almost liter-ally true: * Every dome and hollow of itsroof has the figure of Christ in the utmostheight of it,…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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