Our Fathers Have Told Us: Part I. The Bible of AmiensRuskin, John
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Our Fathers Have Told Us: Part I. The Bible of Amiens
Ruskin, John
Cathédrale d'Amiens; France -- History
{A. Sagittarius p. 131, Sec. 47 }
47. ST. GEOFFREY { }
{B. November " " }
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{A. Scorpio " " }
48. AN ANGEL { }
{B. October " " }
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{A. Libra " " } 17
49. ST. FUSCIEN, { }
MARTYR {B. September " " }
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{A. Virgo " " }
50. ST. VICTORIC, { }
MARTYR {B. August " " }
{A. Leo p. 130, Sec. 47 }
51. AN ANGEL { }
{B. July " " }
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{A. Cancer " " }
52. ST. ULPHA { }
{B. June " " }
APPENDIX III.
_GENERAL PLAN OF 'OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US.'_[71]
[Footnote 71: Reprinted from the "Advice," issued with Chap. III
(March, 1882).]
The first part of 'Our Fathers have told us,' now submitted to the
public, is enough to show the proposed character and tendencies of the
work, to which, contrary to my usual custom, I now invite
subscription, because the degree in which I can increase its
usefulness by engraved illustration must greatly depend on the known
number of its supporters.
I do not recognize, in the present state of my health, any reason to
fear more loss of general power, whether in conception or industry,
than is the proper and appointed check of an old man's enthusiasm: of
which, however, enough remains in me to warrant my readers against the
abandonment of a purpose entertained already for twenty years.
The work, if I live to complete it, will consist of ten parts, each
taking up some local division of Christian history, and gathering,
towards their close, into united illustration of the power of the
Church in the Thirteenth Century.
The present volume completes the first part, descriptive of the early
Frank power, and of its final skill, in the Cathedral of Amiens.
The second part, "Ponte della Pietra," will, I hope, do more for
Theodoric and Verona than I have been able to do for Clovis and the
first capital of France.
The third, "Ara Celi," will trace the foundations of the Papal power.
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