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Florence (1901)

Allen, Grant, 1848-1899 · Boston : L. C. Page · leaf 310

An illustration from Florence, 1901, leaf 310
errestrialscene has for its centre a vault or cemetery,with open empty tombs from which the deadhave risen. (See also at Pisa.) To the left(the Saviours right as usual) are the blessedrisen, welcomed and embraced by charming littleangels, who lead them onward as in a mazydance to the Heavenly City.… … The Hall of Fra Angelico. 209 Church Triumphant, in which, it must be ad-mitted, the lay element figures but sparingly.To the right, the damned are being hurried awayto hell by demons. Among them are not only thegreat and mighty of the earth, — kings, queens,etc., — but also false monks who loved…

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