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Assisi : impressions of half a century (1919)

Richmond, W. B. (William Blake), Sir, 1842-1921 · London : Macmillan · leaf 283

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measure due to thecolour and pattern with which every portion of stone is covered,and which does bring the whole design together, so that onesmemory of the church is that there is a great space walled in,arched over, and made lovely by colour. The effect fills theheart with joy and enlivens every… … The Church of St. Francis as it were, on a magic mental carpet, to the days when Jacopo andhis associates had just achieved their triumph. Mass is now sungevery Sunday in the upper church. It used not to be, for theupper church has not been as popular as the lower. This perfectcontribution to the…

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