Sketches in city churches - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...a flight of stone steps brings him to the narthex proper which is heated very comfortably by marble covered radiators; from this winding stairways lead down to the basement and up to the gallery, the whole entrance being built of pressed brick. This vestibule or narthex, is 25 feet long by 16 feet wide; two stone vessels of holy water are placed in a niche in the wall at the entrances to the auditorium. The water kept is that which has been bless a I by the priest, and thus sanctified and is used by faithful Catholics to sign the cross on the forehead and breast, and some even sprinkle it over the face. It is a custom borrowed from paganism and was fully introduced into the. church alxut the 8th century. PILLARS, PAINTINGS AJID PULPIT. The interior while not of the cathedral type of architecture still conveys that impression. The roof is of open timber work supported by 18 pillars, the ridge is sharply pointed and the pitch runs down to a narrow shed roof just above which are some small dormer windows into which is fitted beautiful stained glass, each window having some symbol inwrought, a chalice in one, the host in another, the monogram L fl. S. in a third. The pillars with the superincumbent arches, made of pine grained to represent oak, with the altar at the farthest end of a long sanctuary convey the impression of the cathedral style. The organ, a plain case enclosing it, is a small one, costing $3,500. worked by hydraulic pressure, and is very tastily ornamented. The pulpit is to the right and outside of the sanctuary, and is made of walnut and ash; the preacher reaches it by a flight of eight steps, and he is readily heard in every part of the building. There are, aside from those already noticed, but two stained glass windows in the building, one ab...