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the forbidden fruit. EAST BAY. { Creation of Birds. First of these circular sections of { spheres to be taken in hand. Details more minute than _Roof_ { the two others. Yet the effect, even at so great a { height, is not wholly lost, as a play of colour and a { certain sense of mystery, are afforded. It is better { to overdo than to underdo detail. Many of the birds { are outlined with silver. The leaves have veins of { silver, and the edges are touched with gold. As with { the two others, a successful attempt is made to { increase the real elevation, which is only three feet { at the apex. Inscription: "Et volatile sub firmamento" { (Gen. i. 20). Date, 1892. _Pendentives_: Angels, with inscriptions above from Isaiah ix. N. S. { W., Persian, and E., W.: Solomon as a young { Delphic Sibyl. A somewhat man. E.: David as an old { far-fetched design man with an air of { borrowed from mediaeval melancholy, thinking { art. Angels from above of the Temple of which _Clerestory_ { delivering their message. he may only get ready { Architectural background, the materials and { Persian and Doric plans. Meditating about { respectively. his preparations under a { tree; court of palace { in the background. { "O Sapientia, veniad "O Radix Jesse, veni ad _Inscription { docendum nos. O, liberandum nos. O Clavis underneath_ { Oriens Splendor, veni David, veni et educe { et illumina nos." vinctum." _Triforium_ { Peacocks of the bird Peacocks. { creation. N. S. { Two mail-clad Angels of Two Angels of the { the Crucifixion, one with Passion, one with the { the spear and the other pillar at which Christ _Spandrels_ { with the nails. Blue was scourged; the other { background in centre,
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