  Flowers of History From the Romantic Thirteenth Century The Little Old AbbE of Saint Denis and the Imagiers The Mystic Cathedral of Chartres Caen: An Eleventh Century Tableau The Grandniece of the Grand Inquisitor Stray Leaves From Old, Old Books The Romantic Twentieth Century: A Deduction Note The friendly eyes that read these pages, knowing the pathetic fails relating to their publication, will not be content without a word to tell to other readers the story that will cause one and all to look on the little book in the same sympathetic mood. The trips among the scenes of the storied past, here recorded, were taken not so much in search of health as in search of diversion from the sad employment of watching the inexorable approach of mortal disease. The writing was undertaken to occupy a vigorous mind, conscious that its tenement would not long endure. Alas! the task was not done before its purpose had been fully completed, and to others was left the duty of reading the final proofs. Such imperfections as may be found should be charged to this account, and all the excellences are to be credited to the brave soul that fought her fight so silently that only a very few closest friends knew of the unequal battle. FLOWERS |
| Page | |
| Advertisement | vii |
| By Way of Introduction | xi |
| Flowers of History from the Romantic Thirteenth Century | 3 |
| Mystics as Builders | 15 |
| The Golden Madonna of Rheims | 26 |
| The Little Old AbbÉ of Saint Denis and the Imagiers | 38 |
| The Mystic Cathedral of Chartres | 50 |
| Caen: An Eleventh Century Tableau | 73 |
| The Grandniece of the Grand Inquisitor | 87 |
| Stray Leaves from Old, Old Books | 98 |
| The Romantic Twentieth Century: A Deduction | 118 |
| A Word Regarding Bibliography | 139 |
| Index | 143 |
Illustrations
| Facing Page | |
| The Abbatical Church of Saint Ouen | Title |
| As Art, Early Painting is Often Taken too Seriously; but as Literature, it is Charming | xiv |
| The Crucifix in the Town Hall of Rouen | 4 |
| The Virgin Greets the Angel of Death | 8 |
| Sainte Chapelle | 10 |
| Interior of Sainte Chapelle | 12 |
| Saint Martin Dividing His Coat, from an Old Antiphone | 20 |
| From the Certosa of Pavia | 22 |
| Tomb of Dante, Ravenna | 24 |
| A Recent Tribute to Clovis and Saint Remi, on the Interior Frieze of the Pantheon, Paris | 26 |
| The Flying Buttress | 32 |
| The Sculptured Saint Upon a Gothic Cathedral | 34 |
| In the Sixteenth Century the French Academy Changed the Name of the Imagiers’ Guild | |
| to the Sculptors’ | 42 |
| A Thirteenth Century Window | 44 |
| The Old-Time House of Prayer, which Still Dominates the City of Chartres | 52 |
| A Pillar at Chartres | 54 |
| A View Through the Portail of Chartres | 56 |
| A Detail of the Portail Septentrionale | 60 |
| South Portal of Chartres | 64 |
| A Page from the Sculptured “Bible of the Laity,” Chartres | 68 |
| Altar-piece at Chartres | 70 |
| William the Conqueror’s Old Fortress | 74 |
| Dinan | 84 |
| Old Moats Do Make Such Charming Gardens | 86 |
| A Peep Into the Cranium of a Bible Reader in Lope de Vega’s Time | 88 |
| The Literal, Limited God of a Fanatic and Father Adam Stock-taking in Eden | 92 |
| A Tribute to the Scribes of the Dark Ages | 100 |
| The Baptistry Doors | 102 |
| A Page from the Bible of Jean Sans Peur | 110 |
| Head of Justice, from Fiore’s Group | 130 |
| An Ideal of the Gracious Republic of Venice, Paul Veronese | 134 |
| A MediÆval Expression of Justice Attended by Archangels, by Fiore | 136 |
