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| Keywords: bookid:cu31924081258430 bookidcu31924081258430 bookyear:1910 bookyear1910 bookdecade:1910 bookdecade1910 bookcentury:1900 bookcentury1900 bookauthor:waern__cecilia__1853_ bookauthorwaerncecilia1853 booksubject:art booksubjectart booksubject:art__medieval booksubjectartmedieval bookpublisher:london__duckworth___co bookpublisherlondonduckworthco bookcontributor:cornell_university_library bookcontributorcornelluniversitylibrary booksponsor:msn booksponsormsn bookleafnumber:132 bookleafnumber132 bookcollection:cornell bookcollectioncornell bookcollection:americana bookcollectionamericana blackandwhite monochrome outdoor photo border serene snow texture bookid:cu31924081258430 bookidcu31924081258430 bookyear:1910 bookyear1910 bookdecade:1910 bookdecade1910 bookcentury:1900 bookcentury1900 bookauthor:waern__cecilia__1853_ bookauthorwaerncecilia1853 booksubject:art booksubjectart booksubject:art__medieval booksubjectartmedieval bookpublisher:london__duckworth___co bookpublisherlondonduckworthco bookcontributor:cornell_university_library bookcontributorcornelluniversitylibrary booksponsor:msn booksponsormsn bookleafnumber:132 bookleafnumber132 bookcollection:cornell bookcollectioncornell bookcollection:americana bookcollectionamericana blackandwhite monochrome photo border outdoor snow texture black and white Identifier: cu31924081258430 Title: Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Waern, Cecilia, 1853- Subjects: Art Art, Medieval Publisher: London, Duckworth & co Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ndishment. For there you maysee happy vineyards rejoicing as well in the plentyof fecund greensward as in robust and flourishingshoots. There you may see gardens to be praisedfor wonderful variety of fruit, and towers built forpleasure and for the custody of the gardens ; hereyou may see the voluble [water] wheels withbuckets that descend and likewise ascend, empty-ing the wells and filling the adjacent cisternswhence the water runs in little channels to everyplace, so that the beds being thus irrigated, theremay grow the short and narrow cucumbers, thelonger melons, the water-melons that approach theform of a sphere, the gourds which spread over agreater space on plaited reeds. Continuing in the same strain, which it may bewell to condense somewhat here, our author men-tions the pomegranates, both sweet and sour, thelimes, composed of three substances, the outsideboth by colour and odour being indicative of heat,that which is in the middle, an acid liquid, of cold,82 r o r> HM o o Text Appearing After Image: CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCEand that which is between the two of a temper-ate state; the lemons fitted by their asperity for dress-ing viands; the oranges (bitter) also full of anacid juice and more fitted to dehght the eye withtheir beauty than meet for this use. He bids usnotice that they do not fall even when ripe, so thaton the same tree may be found the red fruit of thethird year, the green fruit of the second year, andthe blossom of the actual year, also that this tree,rich in signs of continuous growth, is not de-formed by sterile old age, nor deprived of its foliageby the cold of winter. Further, the walnuts, thealmonds, the various kinds of figs, the olives, yieldingthe oil fitted for dressing viands and for keeping upthe light in the lamps, and the pod {Siliquarum vagi-nulce) with its ignoble fruit which by a certain insipidsweetness pleases rustics and children. It is better,he says, to admire the very high palms and thedates that hang from the trees, near to the top.Finally he me Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: cu31924081258430 Title: Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Waern, Cecilia, 1853- Subjects: Art Art, Medieval Publisher: London, Duckworth & co Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ndishment. For there you maysee happy vineyards rejoicing as well in the plentyof fecund greensward as in robust and flourishingshoots. There you may see gardens to be praisedfor wonderful variety of fruit, and towers built forpleasure and for the custody of the gardens ; hereyou may see the voluble [water] wheels withbuckets that descend and likewise ascend, empty-ing the wells and filling the adjacent cisternswhence the water runs in little channels to everyplace, so that the beds being thus irrigated, theremay grow the short and narrow cucumbers, thelonger melons, the water-melons that approach theform of a sphere, the gourds which spread over agreater space on plaited reeds. Continuing in the same strain, which it may bewell to condense somewhat here, our author men-tions the pomegranates, both sweet and sour, thelimes, composed of three substances, the outsideboth by colour and odour being indicative of heat,that which is in the middle, an acid liquid, of cold,82 r o r> HM o o Text Appearing After Image: CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCEand that which is between the two of a temper-ate state; the lemons fitted by their asperity for dress-ing viands; the oranges (bitter) also full of anacid juice and more fitted to dehght the eye withtheir beauty than meet for this use. He bids usnotice that they do not fall even when ripe, so thaton the same tree may be found the red fruit of thethird year, the green fruit of the second year, andthe blossom of the actual year, also that this tree,rich in signs of continuous growth, is not de-formed by sterile old age, nor deprived of its foliageby the cold of winter. Further, the walnuts, thealmonds, the various kinds of figs, the olives, yieldingthe oil fitted for dressing viands and for keeping upthe light in the lamps, and the pod {Siliquarum vagi-nulce) with its ignoble fruit which by a certain insipidsweetness pleases rustics and children. It is better,he says, to admire the very high palms and thedates that hang from the trees, near to the top.Finally he me Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: cu31924081258430 Title: Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Waern, Cecilia, 1853- Subjects: Art Art, Medieval Publisher: London, Duckworth & co Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ndishment. For there you maysee happy vineyards rejoicing as well in the plentyof fecund greensward as in robust and flourishingshoots. There you may see gardens to be praisedfor wonderful variety of fruit, and towers built forpleasure and for the custody of the gardens ; hereyou may see the voluble [water] wheels withbuckets that descend and likewise ascend, empty-ing the wells and filling the adjacent cisternswhence the water runs in little channels to everyplace, so that the beds being thus irrigated, theremay grow the short and narrow cucumbers, thelonger melons, the water-melons that approach theform of a sphere, the gourds which spread over agreater space on plaited reeds. Continuing in the same strain, which it may bewell to condense somewhat here, our author men-tions the pomegranates, both sweet and sour, thelimes, composed of three substances, the outsideboth by colour and odour being indicative of heat,that which is in the middle, an acid liquid, of cold,82 r o r> HM o o Text Appearing After Image: CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCEand that which is between the two of a temper-ate state; the lemons fitted by their asperity for dress-ing viands; the oranges (bitter) also full of anacid juice and more fitted to dehght the eye withtheir beauty than meet for this use. He bids usnotice that they do not fall even when ripe, so thaton the same tree may be found the red fruit of thethird year, the green fruit of the second year, andthe blossom of the actual year, also that this tree,rich in signs of continuous growth, is not de-formed by sterile old age, nor deprived of its foliageby the cold of winter. Further, the walnuts, thealmonds, the various kinds of figs, the olives, yieldingthe oil fitted for dressing viands and for keeping upthe light in the lamps, and the pod {Siliquarum vagi-nulce) with its ignoble fruit which by a certain insipidsweetness pleases rustics and children. It is better,he says, to admire the very high palms and thedates that hang from the trees, near to the top.Finally he me Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Identifier: cu31924081258430 Title: Mediaeval Sicily, aspects of life and art in the middle ages Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: Waern, Cecilia, 1853- Subjects: Art Art, Medieval Publisher: London, Duckworth & co Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ndishment. For there you maysee happy vineyards rejoicing as well in the plentyof fecund greensward as in robust and flourishingshoots. There you may see gardens to be praisedfor wonderful variety of fruit, and towers built forpleasure and for the custody of the gardens ; hereyou may see the voluble [water] wheels withbuckets that descend and likewise ascend, empty-ing the wells and filling the adjacent cisternswhence the water runs in little channels to everyplace, so that the beds being thus irrigated, theremay grow the short and narrow cucumbers, thelonger melons, the water-melons that approach theform of a sphere, the gourds which spread over agreater space on plaited reeds. Continuing in the same strain, which it may bewell to condense somewhat here, our author men-tions the pomegranates, both sweet and sour, thelimes, composed of three substances, the outsideboth by colour and odour being indicative of heat,that which is in the middle, an acid liquid, of cold,82 r o r> HM o o Text Appearing After Image: CONTEMPORARY EVIDENCEand that which is between the two of a temper-ate state; the lemons fitted by their asperity for dress-ing viands; the oranges (bitter) also full of anacid juice and more fitted to dehght the eye withtheir beauty than meet for this use. He bids usnotice that they do not fall even when ripe, so thaton the same tree may be found the red fruit of thethird year, the green fruit of the second year, andthe blossom of the actual year, also that this tree,rich in signs of continuous growth, is not de-formed by sterile old age, nor deprived of its foliageby the cold of winter. Further, the walnuts, thealmonds, the various kinds of figs, the olives, yieldingthe oil fitted for dressing viands and for keeping upthe light in the lamps, and the pod {Siliquarum vagi-nulce) with its ignoble fruit which by a certain insipidsweetness pleases rustics and children. It is better,he says, to admire the very high palms and thedates that hang from the trees, near to the top.Finally he me Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. | ||||
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