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Assisi : impressions of half a century (1919)

Richmond, W. B. (William Blake), Sir, 1842-1921 · London : Macmillan · leaf 191

An illustration from Assisi : impressions of half a century, 1919, leaf 191
son for adversecriticism. For whatever may be said of the statue, the piazzaand the approach to it, although altered somewhat, have beenimproved, nothing having been removed that was of any moment.The day of the festival arrived, and Assisi was en fete. Twocardinals arrived at the monastery from… … San Damiano poverty was unmolested. No choice metals replaced the old woodencandlesticks on the altar. Just the same old wooden ones, rather outof the perpendicular, remained to do service they had performed formany a decade, with but little of their original gilt left on them.A new altar-cloth has…

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