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Identifier: grmelifeworksofj00heri (find matches)
Title: Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hering, Fanny Field
Subjects: Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904
Publisher: New York : Published by Cassell Publishing Company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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municate with the cells of the Fathers m sucha way that each one has. so to Speak, his own particular little oratory. Idleprincipal church ilsell presents the same aspect of a basilica divided into distinctchapels, the rood-lofi of which is separated from the rest oi the nave by a wall and richly ornamented wainscoting. A colossal figure oi Christ dominates the choir, surrounded by images painted on a background ol gold in the style olRussian decorations. Lamps in copper and silver, of graceful tonus, descendfrom the vault and are doubtless very tempting to pilgrims who are amateurs,lor visitor-, are QOt allowed to stay loo long within reach of these preciousobjets dart. ■■It would be difficult to name precisely the style of architecture which pre-dominates in this construction. Arched vaults, and heavy, widening capitals onshort columns like those of Si. Sophia, are distinctive points in this church, asByzantine as it i> Roman, where the most modern restorations are seen close
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LIFE AND WORKS /■ // l\ //u>\ GER&MI 183 to the debris ol most primitive and incongruous ornamentation. The mosaicscome, it is said, from Si. Sophia, which is very possible considering its verydamaged state. Suddenly the monks who accompanied us assumed a verysolemn air ami informed us thai we were about to be admitted to the sanctuarywhere God appeared to Moses. The altar of this little chapel is placed at theprecise spot where formerly appeared the burning hush ; a night-light reflectedby a gold plaque is the emblem ol this apparition, and it was with terriblegestures that the monk drew hack the veil which conceals this little light fromthe eyes .d the profane. This chapel is unquestionably the most curious andrichly adorned of all. Stained-glass windows harmoniously temper the glaringlight which would destroy the poetic charm of this sacred spot. Persian carpets were under our feet, and. as at the mosques, we were obliged to take oil OUT shoes .11 the entrance Mose

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookpublisher:New_York___Published_by_Cassell_Publishing_Company
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