The priest whitewashes them, the archdeacon scrapes them down then the populace arrives and demolishes them. Mutilations come to them from every quarter, from within as well as from without. He questioned himself he sought to divine who could have been that soul in torment which had not been willing to quit this world without leaving this stigma of crime or unhappiness upon the brow of the ancient church.Īfterwards, the wall was whitewashed or scraped down, I know not which, and the inscription disappeared.įor it is thus that people have been in the habit of proceeding with the marvellous churches of the Middle Ages for the last two hundred years. These Greek capitals, black with age, and quite deeply graven in the stone, with I know not what signs peculiar to Gothic caligraphy imprinted upon their forms and upon their attitudes, as though with the purpose of revealing that it had been a hand of the Middle Ages which had inscribed them there, and especially the fatal and melancholy meaning contained in them, struck the author deeply. (Dante.)Ī few years ago, while visiting or, rather, rummaging about Notre-Dame, the author of this book found, in an obscure nook of one of the towers, the following word, engraved by hand upon the wall:. The Retreat In Which Monsieur Louis Of France Says His PrayersĢ. Gringoire Has Many Good Ideas In Succession.-Rue Des Bernardinsĥ. Continuation Of The Key To The Red Doorġ. Three Human Hearts Differently ConstructedĦ. Lasciate Ogni Speranza-Leave All Hope Behind, Ye Who Enter HereĦ. End Of The Crown Which Was Turned Into A Dry LeafĤ. Continuation Of The Crown Which Was Changed Into A Dry Leafģ. The Utility Of Windows Which Open On The RiverĢ. The Effect Which Seven Oaths In The Open Air Can ProduceĨ. A Priest And A Philosopher Are Two Different ThingsĦ. The Danger Of Confiding One’s Secret To A GoatĢ.
An Impartial Glance At The Ancient Magistracyġ. The Inconveniences Of Following A Pretty Woman Through The Streets In The Eveningġ.
This online edition was created and published by Global Grey on the 4th March 2023.Ĥ.
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