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Identifier: cathedralantiqui03brit (find matches)
Title: Cathedral antiquities
Year: 1814 (1810s)
Authors: Britton, John, 1771-1857
Subjects: Cathedrals Church architecture
Publisher: London : Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, Brown, and Green
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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Caption: Winchester Cathedral: View of North Transept
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TTetr of the yurth Tnmjipt &c.TO SIS IEOM.1S BJKLV6RJR1 this-Plotr ir ropcctAJfy insert fed In the sllttixrr. WEST END. 89 legate, or king, was received at the Cathedral in solemn state, by aprocession of the whole convent. At such times the cross-bearers, alco-Iyths, and thurifers, led the way, and the bishop, prior, and other dignifiedclergy, in their proper insignia and richest vestments, closed the ranks.In the mean time the Church was hung from one end to the other withgorgeous tapestry, representing religious subjects, the large hooks forsupporting which still remain fixed to the great columns ; the altars dazzledthe beholders with a profusion of gold, silver, and precious stones, thelustre of which was heightened by the blaze of a thousand wax lights, whilstthe well-tuned voices of a numerous choir, in chosen psalms and anthems,gave life and meaning to the various minstrelsy that was performed in thistribune. Such was the religious pomp and gorgeous parade of thepossessors

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