Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 283
s, and from it were suspended curtains of 2l6 LITURGY AND CEREMONIES. cloth or hanging tapestries which could be drawn or closed at will. Beneaththis portico the penitents, termed strati (prostrated), were accustomed tokneel, and from that position they could hear the psalmody and the sermonwithout… … Fig. 179.—Church of St. Antony, Padua, completed in 1307; the seven cupolas were added in theFifteenth Century. The bronzo equestrian statue which stands in front of the church wasexecuted in 1453 hy Donatello, and represents the famous captain, Gattemalata. {mattuvium) full of water was placed in…
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