Old England: A Pictorial Museum (page 19/33)

565.---Canterbury Cathedral, South Side.

565.—Canterbury Cathedral, South Side.

“Look at Canterbury. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of are history may not be there traced: yet is the effect anywhere discordant?—Oh, he were indeed presumptious who should say so. Is it not rather in the highest degree grand and impressive, conveying at once to the mind that sense of sublime [...] [more...]

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566,---Cathedral Precinct Gateway.

566,—Cathedral Precinct Gateway.

Entrance to Canterbury Cathedral precinct. [more...]

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567.---Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.

567.—Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.

“[...] an ancient chair in the chapel of the Holy Trinity, formed also of grey marble, in pieces, which is used for the enthronization of the Archbishops of the See, and which, sayeth tradition, was the ancient regal seat of the Saxon kings of Kent, who may have given it to the Cathedral as an emblem of their pious submission to Him who was then first [...] [more...]

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568.---Capital and base, S.E. Transept, Canterbury

568.—Capital and base, S.E. Transept, Canterbury

A column, or stone pillar, in Canterbury Cathedral.

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569.---Staircase in the Conventual Buildings, Canterbury

569.—Staircase in the Conventual Buildings, Canterbury

“Look at Canterbury [Cathedral]. How many changes of architectural taste are not there visible; how many different periods of architectural history may not there be traced: yet is the effect anywhere discordant?—Oh, he were indeed presumptious who should say so. Is it not rather in the highest degree grand and impressive, conveying at once to the [...] [more...]

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580.--EEarly English Turret, Lincoln.

580. – EEarly English Turret, Lincoln.

The individual images of Lincoln Cathedral are not called out in the text. Early English is an architectural term, meaning the English style of building with Gothic pointed arches that was used predominantly in the thirteenth century. The figure at the top of this spire is presumably a statue, rather than some unfortunate [...] [more...]

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584.---Bracket, Lincoln.

584.—Bracket, Lincoln.

A bracket, possibly a corbel supporting the end of an arch, in th form of a winged angel holding a shield with a cross on it.

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Byland Abbey

700.—Byland Abbey, Yorkshire.

These days it’s open to the public from March to October. [more...]

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