The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 13, Part 3Verner & Hood, 1815 - Architecture |
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... square , with blank shields on the sides . These ornaments are highly gilded . The capitals of the great pillars have projecting heads , recess Behind the altar , is THE CHAPEL OF ST . EDWARD THE CON- FESSOR . It extends to the fourth ...
... square , with blank shields on the sides . These ornaments are highly gilded . The capitals of the great pillars have projecting heads , recess Behind the altar , is THE CHAPEL OF ST . EDWARD THE CON- FESSOR . It extends to the fourth ...
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... square of por- phyry , are left on the side . The paint on the wooden canopy iɛ nearly blistered off . Henry III . died in the year 1272 , after a troublesome reign of fifty - six years , aged sixty - five , and was buried by the ...
... square of por- phyry , are left on the side . The paint on the wooden canopy iɛ nearly blistered off . Henry III . died in the year 1272 , after a troublesome reign of fifty - six years , aged sixty - five , and was buried by the ...
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... square with two eastern windows , and is much corroded and decayed ; we may notice , however , that here was interred the heart of Henry , son of Richard , king of the Romans , brother of Henry III . He was assassinated in the church of ...
... square with two eastern windows , and is much corroded and decayed ; we may notice , however , that here was interred the heart of Henry , son of Richard , king of the Romans , brother of Henry III . He was assassinated in the church of ...
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... square , something different in the shape of the pieces , containing a small plate of perforated brass : this is the only memorial the present royal family have to distinguish the place for their interment ; and the only monument to the ...
... square , something different in the shape of the pieces , containing a small plate of perforated brass : this is the only memorial the present royal family have to distinguish the place for their interment ; and the only monument to the ...
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... square , and for no other reason . A majestic , but plain Ionic monument , was erected against the chapel of St. Benedict , to the memory of Mr. JoпN DRYDEN , by the late Duke of Buckingham , who so much esteemed his writ- ings , that ...
... square , and for no other reason . A majestic , but plain Ionic monument , was erected against the chapel of St. Benedict , to the memory of Mr. JoпN DRYDEN , by the late Duke of Buckingham , who so much esteemed his writ- ings , that ...
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