The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... according to others , in 1246. After visiting the east in order to acquire the Greek language , he went to study at Paris , where he became a doctor of medicine and philosophy . In Padua , to which he returned when his studies were ...
... according to others , in 1246. After visiting the east in order to acquire the Greek language , he went to study at Paris , where he became a doctor of medicine and philosophy . In Padua , to which he returned when his studies were ...
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... according to one plan . The general arrangement and distribution of the various buildings , which went to make up one of these vast esta- blishments , may be gathered from that of St Bernard's own Abbey of Clairvaux , which is here ...
... according to one plan . The general arrangement and distribution of the various buildings , which went to make up one of these vast esta- blishments , may be gathered from that of St Bernard's own Abbey of Clairvaux , which is here ...
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... according to Cistercian rule by solid walls . Nine radiating chapels , similarly divided , surround the apse . The stalls of the monks , forming the ritual choir , occupy the four eastern bays of the nave . There was a second range of ...
... according to Cistercian rule by solid walls . Nine radiating chapels , similarly divided , surround the apse . The stalls of the monks , forming the ritual choir , occupy the four eastern bays of the nave . There was a second range of ...
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... According to the rule of St Bruno , all the members of a Carthusian brotherhood lived in the most absolute solitude and silence . Each occupied a small detached cottage , standing by itself in a small garden surrounded by high walls and ...
... According to the rule of St Bruno , all the members of a Carthusian brotherhood lived in the most absolute solitude and silence . Each occupied a small detached cottage , standing by itself in a small garden surrounded by high walls and ...
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... according to Oriental notions , implied pretensions to the throne . Abner was indignant at the rebuke , and immediately transferred his allegiance to David , who not only welcomed him , but promised to give ep him the command of the ...
... according to Oriental notions , implied pretensions to the throne . Abner was indignant at the rebuke , and immediately transferred his allegiance to David , who not only welcomed him , but promised to give ep him the command of the ...
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