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1049.—Lutterworth Church.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Dedicated to St. Mary. John Wycliffe (John Wyclif, 1324-1384, bible translator) is buried here. The church clock was installed in 1862 and is therefore not shown in this engraving, which is was made [...]
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churches, trees, gravestones, churchyards, windows, greyscale
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Lutterworth; Leicestershire; England
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1052.—St. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Among the more important churches erected in the period of which we treat, that ofNewcastle-Upon-Tyneholds an honourable place (Fig. 1052). It crowns a bold eminence, and forms from every point of vi [...]
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spires, churches, towers, people, shops, streets, clocks, houses, christmas, colour
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Newcatle-upon-tyne; Northumberland; England
Added: 2004-03-04
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1053.—Glasgow Cathedral.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“As St. Patrick’s Cathedral is the chief specimen of Gothic architecture in Ireland, so isGlasgow Cathedral(Fig. 1053) themost perfect relic of the kind in Scotland, or anywhere else, in the opinion o [...]
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cathedrals, churches, towers, waterfalls, water, people, windows, greyscale
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Glasgow
Glasgow; Scotland
Added: 2007-01-22
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1054.—Kelso.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Among the less distinguished classes of monachism [sic, meaning monasticism] that also sprang out of the original Benedictine, may be mentioned that to whichKelso Abbey, in the town of Kelso, Roxburg [...]
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ruins, abbeys, towers, people, greyscale
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Kelso; Roxburghshire; Scotland
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1055.—St. Magnus, Kirkwall.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The Reformation in Scotland, which had so nearly caused the destruction of Glasgow Cathedral, spared one other building of the same kind, and only one—the Cathedral ofSt. Magnus, at the seaport twn of [...]
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churches, cathedrals, buildings, towers, greyscale
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Kirkwall; Orkney Islands; Scotland
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1057.—South east View of Melrose Abbey
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Some of the general features of the great abbeys of the Cistercian order, that we have noticed in England, we find repeated in the Scottish housesMelroseandNew Abbey. The former, the mother Cistercia [...]
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abbeys, churches, ruins, spooky, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland
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1058.—Melrose Abbey
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Francis Drake, writing in 1742, also observes “Mailross, I shall take it upon me to say, has been the most exquisite structure of the kind in either kingdom.” Lastly comes the poet, also pointing out [...]
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churches, abbeys, ruins, spooky, greyscale
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Melrose; Roxburghshire; Scotland
Added: 2006-08-27
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1060.—Cathedral of Kildare.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“At Kildare, in ireland, still remain the relics of a small building in which, previous to the thirteenth century, the holy fire of St. Brigid used to be kept burning. It was suppressed at that period [...]
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cathedrals, ruins, arches, towers, trees, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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Kildare; County Kildare; Ireland
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1140.—Library Chair, Reading Table, and Reading Desk (Royal MS. 15D iii.)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]
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royalty, scholars, pictures of books, furniture, christmas, greyscale
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England
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Book stand (Detail from Fig. 1140)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The book stand taken from Fig. 1140. Mediæval clip art. Or, for Americans, medieval clip art.
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pictures of books, books, furniture, christmas, greyscale
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England
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1141.—Bed.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Of the domestic furniture of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the beds of the nobility (Figs. 1141, 1142) were most lavishly adorned. The simple form was that of a railed box, or crib;the “bra [...]
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furniture, beds, people, greyscale
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none
Added: 2006-09-12
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1142.—Bed.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Of the domestic furniture of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the beds of the nobility (Figs. 1141, 1142) were most lavishly adorned. The simple form was that of a railed box, or crib;the “bra [...]
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furniture, beds, people, greyscale
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none
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1143.—Mummers (Bodleian MS.)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
On the far left a young mang with curly hair wears a plain robe or long tunic; he plays a lute or other stringed instrment. There are then, from left to right, a person wearing the head of a deer, a p [...]
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people, christmas, musical instruments, greyscale
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none
Added: 2006-05-29
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1144.—Quarter-staff (From the Old Ballad of Robin Hood and the Tanner.)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“Quarter-staff (Fig. 1144) was the glory of the stout old English peasant or yeoman, in which, as far as we can learn, he was without a competitor in any foreign nation.” (p. 334)Two men in a forest f [...]
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weapons, people, battles, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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none
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1145.—Playing at Draughts (Harleian MS. 4431)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Two men in mediæval clothing [US: medieval] sit with a draughts [US: drafts or checkers] board balance between their knees. Two other men, one a knight in armour, the other perhaps a page boy, watch [...]
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knights, games, christmas, greyscale
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none
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1146.—Chair (Royal M.S. 14 E, iii.)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“The square-backed chair (Fig. 1146) was frequent in the mansions of the thirteenth century. In the fourteenth, they, and other articles combining household utility and elegance, were modified by the [...]
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furniture, chairs, people, writing, royalty, monks, scholars, christmas, greyscale
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England
Added: 2006-01-19
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1147.—Hand Organ or Dulcimer, and Violin
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Two men are shown with curly hair and mediæval clothing; the violinist wears a hat, a knee-length tunic split to the hip at the side, tight silk stockings and shoes with buckles. The dulcimer player w [...]
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musical instruments, music, people, christmas, greyscale
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England
Added: 2005-12-20
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