The Archaeological Journal, Volume 58Longman, Rrown [sic] Green, and Longman, 1901 - Archaeology |
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... opening from them into the various offices round the cloister . The south alley was practically the living room of the nuns , where they sat and read when not engaged in the church or elsewhere . The church was 206 feet long , and ...
... opening from them into the various offices round the cloister . The south alley was practically the living room of the nuns , where they sat and read when not engaged in the church or elsewhere . The church was 206 feet long , and ...
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... opening into the aisle , where a similar chalk platform existed at the same level as the other , but of the steps up to it only the lowest was left . A few feet to the west of the opening there were the remains in the wall of a somewhat ...
... opening into the aisle , where a similar chalk platform existed at the same level as the other , but of the steps up to it only the lowest was left . A few feet to the west of the opening there were the remains in the wall of a somewhat ...
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... opening out of the aisle was 28 feet long and 14 feet wide , and entered by a wide archway of two orders carried by clustered columns . The arch was at some time closed by a wooden screen . The altar plat- form remained , with part of ...
... opening out of the aisle was 28 feet long and 14 feet wide , and entered by a wide archway of two orders carried by clustered columns . The arch was at some time closed by a wooden screen . The altar plat- form remained , with part of ...
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... openings is at the north end ; the other is between the two doorways . The northern of the doorways has a much worn ... opening into a narrow passage cut off from the rest of the room . This area south of the passage probably contained ...
... openings is at the north end ; the other is between the two doorways . The northern of the doorways has a much worn ... opening into a narrow passage cut off from the rest of the room . This area south of the passage probably contained ...
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... opening of this window was to be less than 2 feet in height and width by three fingers ' breadth all round , or about 18 inches square . The window - house must have con- sisted of at least two chambers , one for the two nuns who waited ...
... opening of this window was to be less than 2 feet in height and width by three fingers ' breadth all round , or about 18 inches square . The window - house must have con- sisted of at least two chambers , one for the two nuns who waited ...
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amber ancient angle apse arcade Archæological arms bays Béarn bequest Bishop block brick Bristol building built buttresses canons castle chamber chancel chancel arch chapel Christian church cloister colour cross doorway early east wall eastern Edwd evidence example feet wide fifteenth century figures floor glass ground hall hand Hanover Square Hardham Henry inches inscription Institute jambs John Jtem King Lady later Lord Lord Middleton Lyminge masonry mayor mortar nave Norman north aisle north wall Nottingham nuns Old Minster original paintings parish piers Pipe Roll plaster Plate porch porticus probably Pyrenees Regia remains Robert Smythson Roman roof Royal Archaeological Institute Saints sanctorum Saxon Sir Francis Willoughby south aisle south transept south wall stone thirteenth century Thomas tower traces transept upper Vetri Voisin west wall western Westmeston William William Peverell Willoughby Wollaton
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Page 36 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
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Page 443 - You shall have sometimes fair houses so full of glass that one cannot tell where to become to be out of the sun or cold.
Page 106 - TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,
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Page 390 - Abby, the Countess of Devonshire's House. Presently after Dinner the King again took Horse, and with his Company rode to Nottingham, where was great Preparation for the setting up of the Standard that Day, as was formerly appointed. Not long after the King's coming to...
Page 219 - And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Page 245 - Beveridge places them at the end of the second, or the beginning of the third century.