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... , like a low pyramid , covered with shingles and thick pieces of oak bark disposed in the manner of large scales ; and no other architectural feature did this simple structure possess to adorn or re- lieve THE SAXON CHURCH .
... , like a low pyramid , covered with shingles and thick pieces of oak bark disposed in the manner of large scales ; and no other architectural feature did this simple structure possess to adorn or re- lieve THE SAXON CHURCH .
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... adorn or re- lieve its plain bare walls . The nave was built of the same coarse stone , with large blocks or quoins at the angles , and thatched with reeds . The win- dows were small and few , somewhat lanciform in shape , and splayed ...
... adorn or re- lieve its plain bare walls . The nave was built of the same coarse stone , with large blocks or quoins at the angles , and thatched with reeds . The win- dows were small and few , somewhat lanciform in shape , and splayed ...
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... adorned with real gems ; and the orphrey , or border of the chasuble , which was diapered all over in low relief , was richly coloured with effigies of saints . Se- veral plain coped coffin - lids , and sepulchral floor crosses , each ...
... adorned with real gems ; and the orphrey , or border of the chasuble , which was diapered all over in low relief , was richly coloured with effigies of saints . Se- veral plain coped coffin - lids , and sepulchral floor crosses , each ...
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... adorned one end of the room . The Abbat himself dined there that day , and presided at the meal . Not less than one hundred brethren dined at once in this noble frater - house . There was neither luxury nor superfluity of provision ...
... adorned one end of the room . The Abbat himself dined there that day , and presided at the meal . Not less than one hundred brethren dined at once in this noble frater - house . There was neither luxury nor superfluity of provision ...
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... adorn , endow , and furnish the church , to the very best of his means , before he came to reside in the castle at Letherton . When , therefore , a report was duly sent by his chaplain , setting forth the mean and unworthy condition ...
... adorn , endow , and furnish the church , to the very best of his means , before he came to reside in the castle at Letherton . When , therefore , a report was duly sent by his chaplain , setting forth the mean and unworthy condition ...
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