relevée en lia, heightened in him

1. 33. pa>-vis, threshold, properly the space immediately before a chuixh-porch (formerly parais, paréis, paravis), from the L. paradisiis. Anastasius the librarian (9th ccntury) thus explaius the ecclcsiastical

meaning of tlie word : " Ilic atrium beati Pétri, qnod /aradisus dicitur, estque ante ecclesiam, magnis marmoribus struxit."

P. 24, 1. 6. SAINTE Agathe. A virgin and martyr, native of Palermo (3rd century). The Sicilians still préserve great vénération for her, and celebrate her festival on the 5th of February.

P. 25, 1. 6. Fitissé-je. Note the euphonie accent on the e of the verb.

1. î.^. la chaire, the pulpit. (O. F. chaire, from the L. cathedra). Before the sixteenth century the word chaise did not exist, and chaire, like cathedra, liad the two meanings of chair and pulpit. In likQ manner tlie more modem substantive chaire long preserved the double signification. Thus, whilst Montaigne says, "s'élançant d'une chaire (chaise) où elle estoit assise," Molière has, " Les savants ne sont bons que pour prêcher en chaise (chaire)."

1.39. Ce peuple... ÛiQ Russians. Ivan HT. (1441 — 1505) married Sophia, daughter of Thomas Palœologus.

P. 26, 1. 13. le symbole... Û\Q Athanasian Creed.

1. 14. le terme unique et sacramentel — the clause on the procession of the Holy Ghost in the creed.