 The high altar stands under the dome, and thus as it is the most important, so it becomes the most striking object. In order to add to its relief and give it all its majesty, according to the ancient custom still retained in the patriarchal churches at...  A Classical Tour Through Italy: An. MDCCCII - 136. lappuseautors: John Chetwode Eustace - 1817Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1813 - 720 lapas
...churches at Rome, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty canopy rises above it and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye between it...dome above. The form, materials and magnitude of this noble decoration are equally astonishing. Below the steps of the altar and of course some distance... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 lapas
...churches at' Rome, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty 'canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye between it...astonishing. Below the steps of the altar, and of COUFSP some distance from it, at the. corners, on four massive pedestals, rise four twisted pillars... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 496 lapas
...churches at Rome, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye, between...the dome above. The form, materials, and magnitude indulgence and remission of sins, to all such persons as should join in the Crusades, to liberate the... | |
 | John Chetwode Eustace - 1837 - 426 lapas
...Rome and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty canopy rises above it, and forms an iotermediate break or repose for the eye between it and the immensity...magnitude of this decoration are equally astonishing. Bolow the steps of the altar and of course some distance from it, at the corners on four massive pedestals,... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 lapas
...churches at Rome, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye between it...equally astonishing. Below the steps of the altar, and buried under their remains. The walls of the Rostra stripped of their ornaments, and doomed to eternal... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 lapas
...height," crowns the awful scene. When you have feasted your eye with the grandeur of this uparalleled exhibition in the whole, you will turn to the parts,...four massive pedestals, rise four twisted pillars fiftv feet in height, and support an entablature which bears the canopy itself topped with a cross.... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 lapas
...order to add j to its relief, and give it all its majesty, a lofty canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the , eye between...equally astonishing. Below the steps of the altar, rise i four twisted pillars fifty feet in height, and support an entablature which bears the canopy... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 lapas
...churches at Rome, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye between it...of course some distance from it, at the corners, on lour massive pedestals, rise four twisted pillars fifty feet in height, and support an entablature... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 lapas
...churches at Rome, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lufty canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye between it and the immensity of the dome above. 14. The form, materials, and magnitude of this decoration are equally astonishing. Below the steps... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 lapas
...churches at Home, and in most of the cathedrals in Italy, a lofty canopy rises above it, and forms an intermediate break or repose for the eye between it and the immensity of the dome above. 14. The form, materials, and magnitude of this decoration are equally astonishing. Below the steps... | |
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