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Art And The Builders Of Monte Cassino, Ceremonious Dedications, Master Workmen, Etc., In The Middle Ages.
ART AND THE BUILDERS OF MONTE CASSINO , CEREMONIOUS DEDICATIONS , MASTER WORKMEN , ETC ., IN THE MIDDLE AGES .
THE MASONIC MONTHLY
.New Series of the " Masonic Magazine . "
BY BKO . GEORGE F . POET . A RCHITECTUKAL Art , under the ponderous patronage of the - * -- * - Carlovingian dynasty , made rapid and steady progress ,
particularly in Southern Italy . Upon the elevation of Gisulf to the prelatial thone of the Abbey of Cassino , in the year 797 , one of the conventual brethren , already distinguished for his artistic skill , was deputed to construct an edifice suitable to the enlarging grandeur of this priory . The site selected for the erection of the structure , dedicated to St .
Salvador , presented obstacles in the shape of extensive marshland and moors , plentifully strewn with isolated gigantic boulders . A profound knowledge of mechanical science , however , rendered it eligible for the basis of a building , the successful completion of which presented a fabric apparently hewn exclusively of variegated marble , deversified by exquisitely chiselled images , pilasters , and floral
designs . Scarcely two centuries had elapsed when this magnificent structure was rivalled by a series of buildings under the monastic rule of Desiderius . On the 4 th of March , A . D . 1066 , the foLindation of a Basilica consecrated to St . Peter was laid at Monte Cassino , upon a
plane levelled out of the living rock . The principal implements for this end appear to have been " iron and fire . " Materials for the superstructure , as far as practicable , were procured through the personal VOL . I . —mo . 2 . ¥
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Art And The Builders Of Monte Cassino, Ceremonious Dedications, Master Workmen, Etc., In The Middle Ages.
ART AND THE BUILDERS OF MONTE CASSINO , CEREMONIOUS DEDICATIONS , MASTER WORKMEN , ETC ., IN THE MIDDLE AGES .
THE MASONIC MONTHLY
.New Series of the " Masonic Magazine . "
BY BKO . GEORGE F . POET . A RCHITECTUKAL Art , under the ponderous patronage of the - * -- * - Carlovingian dynasty , made rapid and steady progress ,
particularly in Southern Italy . Upon the elevation of Gisulf to the prelatial thone of the Abbey of Cassino , in the year 797 , one of the conventual brethren , already distinguished for his artistic skill , was deputed to construct an edifice suitable to the enlarging grandeur of this priory . The site selected for the erection of the structure , dedicated to St .
Salvador , presented obstacles in the shape of extensive marshland and moors , plentifully strewn with isolated gigantic boulders . A profound knowledge of mechanical science , however , rendered it eligible for the basis of a building , the successful completion of which presented a fabric apparently hewn exclusively of variegated marble , deversified by exquisitely chiselled images , pilasters , and floral
designs . Scarcely two centuries had elapsed when this magnificent structure was rivalled by a series of buildings under the monastic rule of Desiderius . On the 4 th of March , A . D . 1066 , the foLindation of a Basilica consecrated to St . Peter was laid at Monte Cassino , upon a
plane levelled out of the living rock . The principal implements for this end appear to have been " iron and fire . " Materials for the superstructure , as far as practicable , were procured through the personal VOL . I . —mo . 2 . ¥