 ... conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the altar, raised in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse. And although in the recesses of the aisles and chapels, when the mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may...  Cities of Northern and Central Italy - Page 25by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1876Full view - About this book
 | George Claude Lorimer - 1900 - 674 pages
...the interior of St. Mark's. As the heavy doors open and we enter the sacred edifice, he writes : " It is the cross that is first seen, and always burning in the center of the temple ; and every dome and hollow of its roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
 | American Society for Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...of it, raised in power, or returning in judgment." — "Stones of Venice," vol. ii. E. A DEFENCE OP SPLENDID CHURCHES. " It has been said — it ought... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 680 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...inscription above her, " Mother of God," she is not here l the presiding deity. It is the Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the centre of the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 682 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...inscription above her, " Mother of God," she is not here l the presiding deity. It is the Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the centre of the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 682 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...inscription above her, " Mother of God," she is not here 1 the presiding deity. It is the Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the centre of the... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 674 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...inscription above her, "Mother of God," she is not here l the presiding deity. It is the Cross that is first seen, and always, burning in the centre of the... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1905 - 484 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...of it, raised in power, or returning in judgment. Nor is this interior without effect on the minds of the people. At every hour of the day there are... | |
 | Frances Campbell Berkeley Young - 1910 - 502 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure 20 traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...Cross that is first seen, and always burning in the center of the temple; and every dome and hollow of its 25 roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
 | Evelyn May Albright - 1911 - 296 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...of it, raised in power, or returning in judgment. A CASTLE1 SIR WALTER SCOTT FROM the verge of the wood where young Durward halted with his companion,... | |
 | Edward Fulton - 1911 - 336 pages
...mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven,...Cross that is first seen, and always burning in the center of the temple; and every dome and hollow of its roof has the figure of Christ in the utmost... | |
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