 ... weather. The people were astonished that the Almighty should suffer such things, and maddened with excess of grief and perplexity, they tore their hair and beat the walls and pavement of the church with their heads and hands...  Medieval Cathedralsby William W. Clark - 2006 - 272 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | George Ayliffe Poole - Church architecture - 1848 - 478 pages
...were, who, inflamed with a wicked and diabolical cupidity, feared not to appropriate to themselves the things of the church, which they had saved from...and laid open to all the injuries of the weather. " The people were astonished that the ALMIGHTY should suffer such things, and maddened with excess... | |
 | Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer - Cathedrals - 1892 - 440 pages
...worked monks and people together to save it. The nave was rescued, but the whole choir perished, and " the house of God, hitherto delightful as a paradise...pleasures, was now made a despicable heap of ashes." Monks and people then addressed themselves to lamentation with true mediaeval fervor. They "were astonished... | |
 | Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer - Cathedrals - 1893 - 522 pages
...worked monks and people together to save it. The nave was rescued, but the whole choir perished, and " the house of God, hitherto delightful as a paradise...pleasures, was now made a despicable heap of ashes." Monks and people then addressed themselves to lamentation with true mediasval fervor. They " were astonished... | |
 | Ecclesiological Society - Church buildings - 1849 - 380 pages
...the efforts of monks and citizens, the whole was soon a mass of flames. " In this manner," he says, " the house of God hitherto delightful as a paradise...and laid open to all the injuries of the weather." Gervase then goes on to describe the rebuilding of the choir, first under the direction of William... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 398 pages
...were, who, inflamed with a wicked and diabolical cupidity, feared not to appropriate to themselves the things of the church, which they had saved from...and laid open to all the injuries of the weather. The people were astonished that the Almighty should suffer such things, and maddened with excess of... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 378 pages
...were, who, inflamed with a wicked and diabolical cupidity, feared not to appropriate to themselves the things of the church, which they had saved from...and laid open to all the injuries of the weather. The people were astonished that the Almighty should suffer such things, and maddened with excess of... | |
 | William Teignmouth Shore - Canterbury (England) - 1907 - 232 pages
...were, who, inflamed with a wicked and diabolical cupidity, feared not to appropriate to themselves the things of the church, which they had saved from...and laid open to all the injuries of the weather. " The people were astonished that the Almighty should suffer such things, and maddened with excess... | |
 | Teresa Grace Frisch - Art - 1987 - 196 pages
...were, who, inflamed with a wicked and diabolical cupidity, feared not to appropriate to themselves the things of the church, which they had saved from...and laid open to all the injuries of the weather. The people were astonished that the Almighty should suffer such things, and maddened with excess of... | |
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