 ... interwoven lines and changeful pictures lead always at last to the Cross, lifted and carved in every place and upon every stone ; sometimes with the serpent of eternity wrapt round it, sometimes with doves beneath its arms and sweet herbage growing...  The Ecclesiologist - Page 4071853Full view - About this book
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Venice (Italy) - 1869 - 390 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its foot; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the...in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." Over the central archway is placed a rich eleventh-century mosaic, the Virgin and St. Mark. Entering... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Venice (Italy) - 1869 - 400 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its foot ; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the...in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." Over the central archway is placed a rich eleventh-century mosaic, the Virgin and St. Mark. Entering... | |
 | Cook Thomas and son, ltd - 1874 - 94 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all is the great rood that crosses the church before the...in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." As it would be impossible to describe the mosaics which fill the church, we can only call attention... | |
 | James Joseph Moriarty - Christian shrines - 1875 - 126 pages
...arms and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all on the great road that crosses the church before the altar, raised in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." After visiting the cathedral, the next object of greatest interest is the ducal palace, an imperishable... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1876 - 556 pages
...doves beneath its arms and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the...see continually a figure traced in faint lines upon then- marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised to heaven, and the inscription above her, ' Mother... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Cities and towns - 1876 - 560 pages
...doves beneath its arms and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the...the mist of the incense hangs heavily, we may see continuajly a figure traced in faint lines upon their marble, a woman standing with her eyes raised... | |
 | Europe - 1876 - 386 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the...altar, raised in bright blazonry against the shadow of rte apse." The Clock Tower (La Torre dell' Orologio), built in 1496, restored in 1849, rises above... | |
 | K. H - 1878 - 160 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the Church before the...in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." To the Giardini Publici, where there happens to be a bit of a hill. I suppose it is an artificial mound.... | |
 | Europe - 1881 - 405 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all on the great rood that crosses the church before the...in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." The Clock Tower (La Torre dell' Orolugio), built in 1496, restored in 1849, rises above a gateway leading... | |
 | Cook Thomas and son, ltd - Italy - 1881 - 420 pages
...doves beneath its arms, and sweet herbage growing forth from its feet ; but conspicuous most of all is the great rood that crosses the church before the...in bright blazonry against the shadow of the apse." We can only call attention to the mosaics which fill the church, remarking that they are more brilliant... | |
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