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
Monasteries of Italy, made barracks of, 72 n. iii. 29.
Monasticism, its rise, 70-71. iii. 26-8.
Monks, type of character of, 72 n. iii. 29; 137. iv. 56.
" orders of, the main, 137. iii. 26.
Months, the, quatrefoils illustrative of (Amiens Cathedral), 130. iv. 47.
Morality, natural to man, 138. iv. 59.
" and religion, 138. iv. 58.
More, Sir Thomas, execution of, 48. ii. 43.
Morocco, extent of, 63. iii. 13.
Moses, 70. iii. 26.
" and Aaron, 133. iv. 51.
" and the burning bush, 133. iv. 51.
"Mysteries of Paris," 28. ii. 5.
Nahum, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 125. & n. iv. 43 & n.
Names, Frankish, etymology of, 51. ii. 48.
Nanterre, village of S. Genevieve, 28, 29. ii. 5, 8.
Nationality, depends on race and climate, not on rule, 64. iii. 15-16.
Nemean Lion, 86. iii. 53.
Netherlands, the, 37. ii. 26.
Nineveh, the beasts in, 126. iv. 43.
" the burden of, 125. iv. 43.
Nitocris, 29. ii. 6.
Nogent, Benedictine abbey of, 52. ii. 49.
Nomad tribes of northern Europe, 30. ii. 10.
Normans, rise of the, 31. ii. 12.
[Greek: Nous], 138 n. iv. 59 n.
Obadiah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 123. iv. 43.
Obedience, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 118. iv. 41.
Odoacer, ends Roman Empire in Italy, 8; 67. iii. 21.
Orcagna, 81. iii. 46.
Origen, 81. iii. 47.
Ostrogoths, 3. ii. 12.
" defeat Clovis at Aries, 50. ii. 47.
"Our Fathers have told us," how begun, its aim and plan, pref. iii.
" " general plan of, Appendix iii.
" " plan for notes to, 21.
Oxen, story of, and Laon Cathedral, 118. iv. 41.
" patience of, 118. iv. 41.
Oxford, the "happy valley," 92-93. iv. 6.
Palestine, 63. iii. 14.
Palgrave, Sir F., on Arabia, 64-65 & n. iii. 17-18 & n.
" " on the camel, 118-119. iv. 41.
Papacy, origin of the, 76. n. iii. 35.
Paris, church of S. Genevieve at, 55. ii. 55.
" the Isle of France, 138. iv. 58.
" the model of manners, 138. iv. 58.
" print-shops at, 118. iv. 41.
Patience, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 118. iv. 41.
Peasant life of early Europe, 32, sq. ii. 13.
Perseverance, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 119. iv. 41.
Persia, the real power of the East, 65. iii. 18.
Philip the Wise, of France, 100-101. iv. 16-17.
Philistia, 63. iii. 14.
Philosophy, modern, its manner of history, 12.
Phoenix, the, and chastity, 120. iv. 41.
Photographs of Amiens Cathedral, 117 n. iv. 41 n.; 122 n. iv. 43 n.; 130.
iv. 130. And see Appendix II.
"Pilgrim's Progress," 16.
Pillage of subjects, to punish kings, 53. ii. 51.
Plimsoll, on coal mines, 48. ii. 42.
Poets, the three Christian-heathen, 102. iv. 20.
Poitiers, battle of, 508 A.D., Clovis and Alaric, 9, 21.
" " and the walls of Angouleme, 50 n. ii. 47.
" " 1356 A.D., Froissart on, 43. ii. 33.
Polacks, the, 31. ii. 12.
Politicians, their proper knowledge, pref. v.
Politics: see "England."
Posting days, Calais to Paris, 10.
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