Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 170
ne dared say so,like a second creation from the hand of God. The church belongs to the Order called Gothic, of theepoch of the Renaissance ; it is divided into three very longnaves traversed in the middle by a fourth which separatesthe choir from the high altar. Above the space containedbetween the… … BURGOS CATHEDRAL 125 hour: it is a maze of bas-reliefs, statues, little columns,tiny windows, arabesques, hanging arches, aerial sculptureharmonized in a grandiose and elegant plan, which at firstsight produces both a tremor and a smile, like the suddenignition, burst and glow of a great display of…
Cathedrals
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