Random Sketches And Notes of European Travel in 1856
Random Sketches And Notes of European Travel in 1856
John Ellis Edwards
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Quietness reigns around me. A few visi- ters linger about the roof, and upon the gallery of the octagon tower of the cathedral, enjoying, like myself, the view from this elevated position at sunset. Hun- dreds and even thousands of statues are looking down upon me. All the apostles and all the saints of the calendar are watchers on the towers of the cathedral. My heart is oppressed with the grandeur, solemnity, and impressiveness of all that surrounds me. But hark ! 272 RANDOM SKETCHES AND Ther...e is the voice of the custode of the church, ringing out in the still evening air, as he rambles along the mar- ble roof, calling to the visiters to .descend, and warning all that the church-doors are soon to be closed. I must away." To-morrow is another church festival. Great preparer tions are making for it, in the adornment of the cathe- dral. " Pendant in the vaulting of the octagon over the altar, is a reliquary, said to contain one of the nails of the cross, which annually, on the feast of the inven- tion of the cross, 3d of May, is exposed upon the altar, and carried in solemn procession thi-ough the 'city." It is growing late at night.
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