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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 630

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aithful intothe extreme rigour of penance, but, when death had dispelled all danger, thebody became an object of pious worship: it was encompassed with floods oflight and clouds of incense before being committed to the earth, which hadbeen blessed and consecrated to make it a fitting receptacle for…

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