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Contrasts : or a parallel between the noble edifices of the middle ages, and corresponding buildings of the present day; shewing the present decay of taste. Accompanied by appropriate text (1898)

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852 · Edinburgh : J. Grant · leaf 17

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d recesses of the doorways. Above them are formsof cherubims and the heavenly host, mingled with patriarchs andprophets. Over the great entrance, is the dome or final judgment,the divine majesty, the joys of the blessed spirits, the despair of thecondemned. What subjects for contemplation do not…

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