Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 217
i(;. 2o8 PALACES OF CRETE AXD THEIR BUILDERS glorious sun lights up the ruins and sprinkles them with gold-dust. The ruins stand forth in greater majesty against thedarkness of the shadows. A new life awakes in the walls likea vision—the sacred apotheosis of the past. In front of theconvent the… … FIG. 91.—MONASTERY OF S. GEORGE OX THE HILL OF PH^STOS. The Cretans come from a distance to carry off the carvedstone cornices with pure fifteenth-century mouldings to place ontheir window sills or round the doors. The church is still pre-served by the strong construction of the vaulting, and round…
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