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Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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ve stone buildings. An extensive space is occupied bv the 472 THE OPEN COURT. workers in mosaic; some of whom are employed in cutting out littlesquare pieces from stone, or shell or glass; others are at work inthe manufacture of the opaque glass or smalts from which the littlepieces are taken; in glass alone they produce twenty-five thousand ...^ J%sM^- \^M§^ *I9^ •,-^*-^:J^^51«^^ ^--ai^r . .... £^^f^^ .1 t %^-; shades. In different rooms and alcoves the artists are at workcementing in place these toy bits of glass and stone, often workingon the same subject for a very long time; several pieces done forthe church of St. Peters represents the work of twenty years each.The origin of the art is unknown and is past finding out, which. A LETTER FROM ROME. 473 alas, goes to show that even history is not lasting, but must die andbe forgotten. The oldest mosaic work I have seen is in the pave-ments of Pompeii; it is a favorite art with the Russians, and inrecent years they have excelled.
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Rome possesses only three or four Protestant churches, the re-maining three or four hundred are Roman Catholic, and the wealththey represent is enormous. My first visit was to St. Peters, the largest and most gorgeouscathedral in the world, and built upon the reputed grave of St. 474 THE OPEN COURT. Peter. As I pull aside the heavy leather curtained door, and, as itwere, shove myself in, the first surprise is bewildering. Am I ina church, or have I made a mistake? I behold so much at the onefirst glance that I am dazzled, as one who looks at the sun. I pausein admiration, collect myself, and move slowly on realizing thatSt. Peters is indeed the god of churches, the combination of all inone. Contained within its walls are a wonderful collection of paint-ings, and the perfection of statuary. The sweetest music you hearcoming to, and going from you, floating above you in the goldendome and chasseing in and out among the flying cupids. One would

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