Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 84
t to differentiate.The mystery which liesabout the origin of oldcities, their confusedmemory of the motley procession of armies, tribes, and peoples who have comeand gone, is well illustrated in the face which looks downenigmatically from a niche in the wall of Rodez Cathedral.It is symbolic,—but… … THE FACE WHICH LOOKS DOWNENIGMATICALLY FROM THEWALL.—RODEZ. 68 Languedoc. Phoenician Hercules, patron of the pagan GalHc civiHsa-tion, and not the relic of a Christian age? No one cantell. And much even of Rodez Christianity is lost inthe gloom of her forgotten past. Gregory of Tours writesin the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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