[Mansfield, Milburg Francisco], 1871- [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page and company · leaf 236
artand devotion of a past age may sink. Theancient papal palace at Avignon — theformer seat of the power of the Roman Cath-olic religion — has become a mere barracks!To contemplate it is more sad even than tosee a great church turned into a stable or anabattoir — as can yet be seen in France. In… … The Cathedrals of Soztthern France In 1376 Pope Gregory XL left Avignonfor Rome, — after him came the two anti-popes, — and thus ended what Petrarch hascalled ^^ UEmpia Babilonia/ The cathedral of Notre Dame des Domspales perceptibly before the splendid dimen-sions of the papal palace, which…
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