Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 316
f whichare denticulated with little crockets. The whole ends with a lantern terminated by an invertedgolden bulb bearing the Russian cross at its summit. Theother towers, though smaller in size and height, are shapedlike minarets and their fantastically decorated turrets termi-nate with that same… … VASSILI-BLAGENNOI, MOSCOW 233 scales; some are lozenge-shaped; some look like honey-combs ; and all carry on their summits the cross and thegolden ball. The fantastic effect of Vassili-Blagennoi is still furtherincreased by the fact that it is painted in the most incon-gruous colours, which,…
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