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A stained glass tour in Italy (1913)

Sherrill, Charles Hitchock, 1867- · London, John Lane; New York, The John Lane Company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 79

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g of the 15th century. One notices theabsence of green, what little there is being lightin tint. Whenever an interior scene is depictedthe architecture is only suggested. In the samespirit of suggestion a single diminutive tree servesto locate other scenes out-of-doors. But we must resist the… … Orvieto twenty-four embrasures filled with alabaster, a sub-stance of which such delightful use was made inItaly. Nor is it, as one might fear, a monotonousbeauty, for in no two localities shall we find itof the same colour. Here it is a mellow yellowishor orange brown, sufficiently fluctuating in…

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