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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Page 12
... four fingers and his thumb erect . † From such ridiculous mummery and barbarous practices the Re- formation has in a great measure delivered us ; but such fabulous stories as this are very often the only records of the primitive ...
... four fingers and his thumb erect . † From such ridiculous mummery and barbarous practices the Re- formation has in a great measure delivered us ; but such fabulous stories as this are very often the only records of the primitive ...
Page 20
... four smaller circles facing the cardinal points ; that to the east , a centre of orange and green variegated ; round it a circle of red and green wedges ; without that , lozenges of the same colours , and completed by a dark border . To ...
... four smaller circles facing the cardinal points ; that to the east , a centre of orange and green variegated ; round it a circle of red and green wedges ; without that , lozenges of the same colours , and completed by a dark border . To ...
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... four last verses , the time when the work was per- formed , and the parties concerned in it , are expressed ; the poet seems under some difficulty to express the time . By the rest was meant that the king was at the charge , that the ...
... four last verses , the time when the work was per- formed , and the parties concerned in it , are expressed ; the poet seems under some difficulty to express the time . By the rest was meant that the king was at the charge , that the ...
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... four pieces of red , and four of blue , transparent paste , and twenty - four more pearls . The corpse , from the waist downwards , was covered with a rich cloth of figured gold , which falls down to the feet , and was tacked beneath ...
... four pieces of red , and four of blue , transparent paste , and twenty - four more pearls . The corpse , from the waist downwards , was covered with a rich cloth of figured gold , which falls down to the feet , and was tacked beneath ...
Page 32
... four compart- ments : those over the heads and feet contain representations of angels supporting the monarch's arms and those of his queen ; but they are nearly obliterated by age and damps : the shields are all that remain visible ...
... four compart- ments : those over the heads and feet contain representations of angels supporting the monarch's arms and those of his queen ; but they are nearly obliterated by age and damps : the shields are all that remain visible ...
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