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 392
The monastery ofVivieri contained one of the richest libraries of the period. We find in thecollection of the Institutions of Cassiodorus the following remarkable homage THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS. 307 paid to the calligraphist monks, who were the greatest men of letters in thatday: I confess, my… … Fig. 239.—History of St. Benedict.—As his disciples were attempting to put a stone in placefor the construction of their chapel, the devil placed himself upon it, and the united efforts ofseveral persons failed to dislodge him ; hut St. Benedict having Messed the stone, the deviltook flight.—From a…
Middle Ages · Civilization, Medieval · Civilization, Renaissance · Costume · Military art and science · Christian life
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