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
Violence, expression of, in sculptures of Amiens, 126. iv. 43.
Viollet le Duc, quoted, 88 n. iv. 1; 88 & n. iv. 2; 97. iv. 11; 103 n.
iv. 23. n.; 111. iv. 36; 118 n. iv. 41 n.; 132. iv. 49.
Vine, on statue of David, Amiens Cathedral, 110. iv. 32.
Virgil's influence on Dante, 110. iii. 53.
Virgil quoted (AEneid vi. 27 sq.), 101 n. iv. 18-19 n.
Virgin, the: _see_ Madonna.
Virtue, to be known and recognized, pref. v.
Virtues, of Apostles (Amiens Cathedral), 112 sq. iv. 37 sq.
" Byzantine, rank of, 111. iv. 36 n.
Visigoths, the, 31. ii. 12.
" " in France, 9, 10.
" " at Poitiers, defeated by Clovis, 9.
Vistula, the, its importance, 61. iii. 9, 10.
" " tribes of, from Rhine to, 30, 31. ii. 10, 12.
" " " " Weser to, 37. ii. 26.
Vobiscum," a "Pax, 114 n. iv. 38 n.
Vota, the Jesuit, letter of Queen Sophia of Prussia to, on S. Jerome,
81. iii. 47. (See Carlyle's "Frederick," Bk. I., cap. iv.)
Vulgate, Ps. xci. 13, "Inculcabis super leonem," 111. iv. 34.
Waldeck, 34, ii. 18.
Walter's houses, Germany, 37. ii. 25.
Walton, Isaac, 1.
Wandle, the, 1.
War, savage love of, 51. ii. 48.
Wartzburg, 37. ii. 24.
Wellington, Duke of, on Roman Catholic valour, pref. iv.
Weser, the course of the, 34, 37. ii. 19, 26.
" sources of the (Eder, Fulda, Werra), 36. ii. 24.
" tribes of the, up to Rhine and Vistula, 37. ii. 26.
Whitby Cliff, 51. ii. 48.
Wisdom, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 120. iv. 41.
Women, endurance a point of honour with savage, 51. ii. 48.
" respect for, by Franks and Goths, 54. ii. 54.
Wood-carving of Picardy (Amiens Cathedral), 91 sq. iv. 5 sq.
Wool manufacture, Amiens, see _s_. "Amiens."
Wordsworth quoted, "Filling more and more with crystal light," 55. ii. 55.
Yonge, Miss, "History of Christian Names," Franks, 38. ii. 27.
" " " " " Ulpha, 129. iv. 46.
Zacharias, 133, iv. 51.
Zechariah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 127. iv. 43.
Zenobia, 29. ii. 6.
Zephaniah, figure of, Amiens Cathedral, 126. iv. 43.
Zodiac, signs of, sculptures, Amiens Cathedral, 130. iv. 47.
Zulu war, the, 48. ii. 43; 60. iii. 6.
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