History of Art, Volumen2

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Harper & Brothers, 1927
 

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Página 19 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Página 19 - Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
Página 535 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Página 19 - And all that believed were together, and had all things in common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Página 535 - And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the beasts and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
Página 13 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Página 78 - Moreover, it is impossible to describe with accuracy the treasures of gold and silver plate and gems which the Emperor has presented to the church; the Sanctuary alone contains forty thousand pounds weight of silver." Naturally, these have long since disappeared, but the handsome bronze doors leading from the narthex into the main church afford us some conception of the richly furnished interior in former days (figs. 1 19 and 122). The up-keep of the church required the revenues from three hundred...
Página 77 - Who could tell of the beauty of the columns and marbles with which the church is adorned ? One would think that one had come upon a meadow full of flowers in bloom ! Who would not admire the purple tints of some and the green of others...
Página 101 - Powerful, giving his blessing and bearing in his hand a book inscribed with the text from the Gospel of St. John: "I am the light of the world
Página 197 - For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee Fig. 298.- An Evangelist. Miniature of the Latin up in their hands, lest thou dash thy Codex 257. (Bibliolheque Nationale.) PARIS. foot against a stone".

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