A History of Mediaeval Christianity and Sacred Art in Italy (A.D. 900-1550)M. Cellini, 1869 - 614 pages |
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Page 221 - Throughout the universe, whatever exists, exists not so much for its own sake, as for the sake of something higher and nobler than itself.
Page 70 - Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee; And was the safeguard of the West: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden City, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And when She took unto herself a Mate She must espouse the everlasting Sea.
Page 445 - Priest , troubled in conscience for having doubted , not (it seems) the doctrine of a real, but that of a carnal Presence, in the Eucharist, set out for Rome, with the hope of securing the intercession of the chief Apostle , for the solving of his doubts or pardoning of his errors. Resting one day on the shores of the beautiful lake of Bolsena , he celebrated mass in the church of S.
Page 94 - Because I lived without law or reason, God, and Peter, whose see I contaminated by my vices, decree that I shall bear this image of a brute, not of a man. " 1 This intolerable career of Benedict Ninth filled to the brim the shame of Christendom, at the lust, simony, cruel greed and treacherous crime, which had so long been enthroned at the religious summit in Rome, and after him a succession of better...
Page 414 - Evangelic emblems, S. Peter and S. Clement, S. Paul and S. Laurence seated ; the two apostles designated by their names, with the Greek " hagios " in Latin letters. The later art-work was ordered (see the Latin inscription below), in 1299, by a cardinal titular of S. Clemente, nephew to Boniface VIII. ; the same who also bestowed the beautiful gothic tabernacle for the holy oils, with a relief representing the donor presented by S. Dominic to the Virgin and Child— set against the wall near the...
Page 406 - In the north transept is the isolated chapel, under a marble canopy, dedicated to S. Helena, and called the Capella Santa, though formerly (till the fourteenth century) known by the title since given to the entire church, S. Maria in Aracccli ; this being on the supposed site of the altar raised by Augustus after he had seen the vision of the Virgin and Child, interpreted by the Sibyl ; or, according to another legend, after he had sent an embassy to consult the Delphic Oracle on occasion of the...
Page 265 - Eugenius Romanus Papa benignus Obtulit hoc munus, Virgo Maria, tibi, Quae Mater Christi fieri merito meruisti, Salva perpetua Virginitate tibi. Es Via, Vita, Salus, totius Gloria Mundi, Da veniam culpis Virginitatis Honos." It is well known how the old has been cased up, and masqueraded, by the new on both fronts of this historic basilica ; yet we still trace the twelfth century in the dusky brick walls and terra cotta cornices of the tribune, overlooking an enclosed court. In the midst of...
Page 44 - ... desires. Meanwhile with every son and saint of Thine Along the glorious line, Sitting by turns beneath Thy sacred feet We'll hold communion sweet, Know them by look and voice, and thank them all For helping us in thrall, For words of hope, and bright examples given To show through moonless skies that there is light in Heaven.
Page 254 - Child on a throne . amidst ten female saints; five approaching on each si 'c ; all richly clad, and all holding lamps , which are lit, in the hands of eight , unlit in those of the two others. We are reminded of the Parable of the Ten Virgins ; but it is evident that such subject cannot have been in the artist's thoughts , as each stately figure advances towards the throne with the same devout aspect and graceful serenity, the same faith and confidence ; the sole observable distinctions being that...
Page 256 - Palms and a phoenix are seen beside the two prophets; also a less common symbol — caged birds, that signify the righteous soul incarcerated in the body, or (with highest reference) the SAVIOUR in His assumed humanity ; such accessory reminding of the ancient usage , in some countries, of releasing birds at funerals, and of that still kept up amidst the magnificent canonization-rites , of offering various kinds of birds, in cages, at the Papal throne.