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
(2) _The Town_:--
country round, 2.
highest land near, 14.
manufactory chimneys, 3.
railway station, 1, 3.
Roman gate near, 15.
S. Acheul, chimney of, 6, 14.
streams and rivers of, 1.
the "Venice of France," 1.
(3) _The Cathedral_:--
(a) History,--
books on, 93 n. iv. 1. 2. n.
building of, 89. iv. 1. 2.
" by whom? 97-8, iv. 12.
completion of, rhyme on the, 99. sq. iv. 12.
history of successive churches on its site, 99. iv. 14.
(b) General aspect of,--
as compared with other cathedrals, 88. iv. 1.
the consummation of Frankish character, 46. ii. 38.
the "Parthenon of Gothic architecture," 88. iv. 1.
(c) Detailed examination of,--
approaches to, which best, 92. sq. iv. 6.
apse, the, its height, 96. iv. 9
" the first perfect piece of Northern architecture, 97.
iv. 11.
choir, the, and wood-carving, 91 & n. iv. 5 & n.
facade, 108 sq. iv. 28 sq.
" the central porch,
" " apostles of, 108. iv. 29.
" " Christ-Immanuel, David, 108. iv. 28.
" " prophets of, 108. iv. 29.
" the northern porch (S. Firmin), 127 sq. iv. 44.
" the southern porch (Madonna), 131 sq. iv. 48.
fleche, from station, 3, 4; 94. iv. 7; 138. iv. 58.
foundation steps, the old, removed, 107. iv. 27.
restoration of, 107. iv. 27; 123. iv. 43.
rose moulding of, 107. iv. 27.
sculptures of, 133-4. iv. 51.
" of virtues less good than of prophets, 121. iv. 42.
transepts of; North, rose window, 95-6. iv. 8.
" " sculpture of, 125. n. iv. 43 n.
" South, Madonna on, 94. iv. 7.
Amos, figure and quatrefoils, Amiens Cathedral, 123. iv. 43.
Anchorites, early, 72, 73. iii. 29, 30.
Anderson, J. R., on purgatory, 136 n. iv. 55 n.
Angelico, scriptural teaching of, 81. iii. 46.
Anger, bides its time, 48. ii. 42.
Anger, a feminine vice, 118. iv. 41.
" sculpture of, Amiens Cathedral, 117. iv. 41.
Angouleme, legend of its walls falling, 50 n. ii. 47.
Aphrodite, 27. ii. 3.
Apocrypha, the, received by the Church, 78. iii. 40.
Apostles, the, and virtues, Amiens Cathedral, 112. iv. 37 sq.
Arab, Gothic and Classic, 63. iii. 13.
Arabia, 63. iii. 13.
" power of, 65. iii. 19.
" religion of, 66. iii. 19.
" Sir F. Palgrave's book on, 64-65. iii. 17-18.
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