Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 135
is inorder, as far as order is possible in such a vast ruin, andthe effect of the whitened walls and towers as seen fromafar is to add a somewhat mysterious, ghostly characterto the buildings. Over all stands out against the sky thegreat tower which forms so distinguishing a mark atFountains, and… … w FOUNTAINS Fountains owed its existence to the movement towardsa stricter form of religious life which was initiated atCiteau in the last quarter of the eleventh century by St.Robert, and was carried to perfection by StephenHarding and St. Bernard. During the lifetime of thelatter, the…
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