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Title: Our Fathers Have Told Us
Part I. The Bible of Amiens

Author: John Ruskin

Release Date: January 26, 2008 [EBook #24428]

Language: English

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THE COMPLETE WORKS

OF

JOHN RUSKIN

ARROWS OF THE CHACE
OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US
THE STORM-CLOUD OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
HORTUS INCLUSUS

NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK CHICAGO

"Our Fathers Have Told Us"

SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF CHRISTENDOM

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

WHO HAVE BEEN HELD AT ITS FONTS

PART I.

THE BIBLE OF AMIENS

CONTENTS.

PAGE

PREFACE iii

CHAPTER I.--BY THE RIVERS OF WATERS 1

" II.--UNDER THE DRACHENFELS 26

" III.--THE LION TAMER 58

" IV.--INTERPRETATIONS 88

APPENDIX I.--CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS
REFERRED TO IN THE 'BIBLE OF AMIENS' 143

" II.--REFERENCES EXPLANATORY OF PHOTOGRAPHS TO
CHAPTER IV 144

" III.--GENERAL PLAN OF 'OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US' 153

INDEX 155

PLATES.

ST. MARY (_Frontispiece_) _see page_ 131

_To face page_

PLATE I.--THE DYNASTIES OF FRANCE 8

" II.--THE BIBLE OF AMIENS, NORTHERN PORCH BEFORE
RESTORATION 26

" III.--AMIENS, JOUR DES TRESPASSES, 1880 58

PLAN OF THE WEST PORCHES 140

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