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Title: The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation
Year: 1818 (1810s)
Authors: Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854 Armstrong, Cosmo Byfield, John, 1788-1841 Byrne, Elizabeth Douthitt Byrne, John, 1786-1847 Carter, James, 1798-1855 Cleghorn, John Cooke, George, 1781-1834 Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868 Le Keux, John, 1783-1846 Lewis, J., fl. 1818-1823 Matthews, T Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870 Neale, John Preston, 1780-1847 Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855 Roffe, Robert Cabbell, d. 1839 Roffe, John, 1769-1850 Sands, Robert, 1782-1855 Scott, John, 1774-1827 Smith, W. R., fl. before 1832-1851 Taylor, William Dean, 1794-1857 Thompson, James Robert, b. ca. 1799 Tingle, James, fl. 1824-1850 Varrall, John Charles, fl. 1818-1848 Willement, Thomas, 1786-1871 Woolnoth, W. (William)
Subjects: Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Abbots Deans, Cathedral and collegiate Architecture, Gothic Church buildings Church architecture
Publisher: London : Published by the proprietor, J.P. Neale, Bennett-Street, Blackfriars-Road and sold also by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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, 1376. There are four entrances into the Cloisters, viz. two from the Church,one from Deans Yard, and one from the College School, through the passageusually called the Dark Cloisters, which is supposed to be a part of theoriginal buildings erected by Edward the Confessor. The Doorway fromthe Church into the eastern walk, or avenue, exhibits a high pointed arch,with various mouldings rising from two small columns on each side, and abroad weathering resting on corbel headst. The mouldings have beenrichly ornamented with perforated foliage and other sculpture; but thewhole is much broken, and has altogether a very ragged and decayed aspect. * Hist, of West. Abbey, p. 61.\ This entrance is delineated in Plate XXIII, together with two of the adjoining compart-ments, &c. of the North Walk. The youth seated on the stone bench, or basement, (which goesround the Cloisters) is in the dress of a Kings Scholar of Westminster. The Monument seenthrough the doorway is that of Judge Richardson.
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DOOlt WAY HTO THE NAVE.FROM THE WESTERN CLOISTER. To the MF.V.IAMF.S IMU.AW/IY, M.B. P.S.A. Wu> has eminently enriched the stores of I.iteratun by various Historical and, Anliaiuui/in -works This print is respectfully inscribed by & j> Wea.lt LondonJ\tblisfud July l.iftij ACCOUNT OF THE CLOISTERS. 283 This indeed is the case with all the sculpture and tracery throughout theCloisters, which have not only suffered from the regular effects of time, buthave also been greatly deteriorated by the mischievous acts of the Westmin-ster Scholars, who, from long usage, appear to enjoy a prescriptive right todivert themselves here, as they think proper, by playing at football, racket,shuttlecock, and other games. Many of the Monuments, too, have beenmuch damaged and broken from the same practices; and scarcely a singleboss remains perfect in any part of the vaulting. The east end of the North Cloister is crossed by a very strong arch, havingvarious boldly-sculptured mouldings, which ris

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