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 288
n Latin, absida; in French, chevet); aroundit were placed seats, amongst them that of the bishop, which was raised abovethe altar, and was visible to the whole congregation. The altar, which wasdraped and surmounted with the ciborium (a canopy of a cupola shape—Italian,baldacchino), was always… … No pope was more capable than Gregory the Great (590-604) of unitingthe different and scattered elements of which the liturgy was composed. 220 LITURGY AND GEREMONIES. To him is due the merit of having been the first to put forth a revisedissue of the books of religious service, and who impressed…
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