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Identifier: annalsofsthelens00coxj (find matches)
Title: The annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Cox, John Edmund, b. 1812 or 13
Subjects: St. Helen's Church, London
Publisher: London, Tinsley Brothers
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ly worked, having six columns of the Ionic order,richly adorned; and the curiously fret-worked ceiling, panelledwainscot, richly-worked window abutments, Gothic recesses, andgrand stone-work arched entrance, rendered the whole, whenperfect, a scene truly striking, and sublimely grand. Enough ispreserved in the view of the great south window to ascertain itsimmense magnitude ; and, from the number of the other windowsthat ornamented this apartment, sufficient light must have beenadmitted to dispel the gloom which pervades most ancientbuildings. The two crypts under the great hall communicating with eachother, were probably in occasional use by the Nuns for devotionalexercise and meditation. The view of the second crypt, lookingfrom the south, was taken immediately after the demolitionof the halland other buildings above, and in the same plate are representedspecimens of the architecture of the building, which is Norman.The parts delineated are the piscina on the west side of the double
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