 | Thomas Rickman - 1862 - 588 pages
...; which may be seen in other places, but more particularly at Salisbury and Mulmesbury ; for there he erected extensive edifices at vast cost, and with...deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block. He built anew the church of Salisbury, and beautified it... | |
 | American periodicals - 1864 - 744 pages
...by Norman architecte at immense expense, " framed," as Malmcsbury records, "with courses of stone, so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine it is all one • Sir Francis Palgrave remarks that the incidents of Harold'« being tempest-tossed... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1867 - 982 pages
...that he was " a prelate of great mind, and spared no expense towards completing extensive edifices of surpassing beauty ; the courses of stone being so...deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block ; and this is seen especially in the buildings which he erected... | |
 | John Henry Parker - Architecture, Gothic - 1867 - 328 pages
...which may be seen in other places, but more particularly at Salisbury and at Malmesbury, for there he erected extensive edifices at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty, the courses of 1tone being so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole... | |
 | John Henry Parker - Architecture, Gothic - 1867 - 306 pages
...other places, but more particularly at Salisbury and at Malmesbury, for there he erected expensive edifices at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty, the courses of stone leing so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1864 - 536 pages
...relics are totally unknown to the earlier and only trust' worthy annalist*.' ' with courses of stone, so correctly laid that the joint deceives ' the eye, and leads it to imagine it is all one block,' the king, doubtless, looked around with pride on his votive abbey that Holy Innocents'... | |
 | James T. Bird - 1876 - 320 pages
...on churches at other places, but more especially at (Old) Sarum and Malmesbury. For there he erected edifices at vast cost and with surpassing beauty,...courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joints deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block.... | |
 | James T. Bird - Malmesbury (England) - 1876 - 330 pages
...on churches at other places, but more especially at (Old) Sarum and Malmesbury. For there he erected edifices at vast cost and with surpassing beauty,...courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joints deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block,... | |
 | John Henry Parker - Architecture, Gothic - 1877 - 380 pages
...and at Malmesbury, for there he erected extensive edifices at vast cost, and with surpassing beaut}', the courses of stone being so correctly laid that...deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single Hock." The buildings here alluded to were erected between 1115 and... | |
 | Edward Kite - 1880 - 124 pages
...given by William of Malmesbury of Bishop Roger's buildings. " The courses of stone," he says, " were so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye,...that the entire wall is composed of a single block." The peal of eight bells vary in date from 1610 to 1747. The aisles were added to the nave probably... | |
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Malmesbury. For there he erected extensive edifices, at vast cost, and with surpassing beauty; the courses of stone being so correctly laid that the joint deceives the eye, and leads it to imagine that the whole wall is composed of a single block. 
