. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . h it was begun, in honourof the holy Mother of Christ, but nothing is known of Sainte-Chapelle is commonly attributed to Pierre deMontereau, but the attribution is a mere guess. Nor did the love of beauty during this marvellous ageexpress itself solely in architecture. If we were asked tospecify one trait which more than any other characterisesthe * dark ages and differentiates them from modern times,we should be tempted to say, love of brightness and and without, the temples of God were
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . h it was begun, in honourof the holy Mother of Christ, but nothing is known of Sainte-Chapelle is commonly attributed to Pierre deMontereau, but the attribution is a mere guess. Nor did the love of beauty during this marvellous ageexpress itself solely in architecture. If we were asked tospecify one trait which more than any other characterisesthe * dark ages and differentiates them from modern times,we should be tempted to say, love of brightness and and without, the temples of God were resplendentwith silver and gold, with purple and crimson and blue ; thesaintly figures and solemn legends on their porches, thecapitals, the columns, the groins of the vaultings were lustrouswith colour and gold. Each window was a complex of jewelledsplendour : the pillars and walls were painted or draped withlovely tapestries and gorgeous banners : the shrines and altarsglittered with precious stones—jasper and sardius andchalcedony, sapphire and emerald, chrysolite and
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