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Identifier: historyantiquiti04alle (find matches)
Title: The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Allen, Thomas, 1803-1833 Wright, Thomas
Subjects: London (England) -- History
Publisher: London, G. Virtue
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ate lace-work tracery which it exhibits, canhardly be parallelled. In its original and complete state, when itsniches were filled with statues, and its rich gilding and colouringwere perfect, it must have had an exceedingly beautiful appearance.The principal admeasurements are as follows : entire height ofscreen, 14 feet 2 inches; extreme length of entablature, 38 feet 6inches. Width of do. 2 feet 8 inches. General length below, 37feet. Width of central compartment, 13 feet 3 inches. Breadthof doorway, 3 feet 6 inches ; height of do, to the top of the pointedarch, 10 feet 10 inches. It is but justice to the parties who de-signed and executed the altar screen, to add, that it is a very excel-lent copy of this screen, it is only to be regretted that Bath stonewas not used as the material. On the south side of the shrine just described lies Editha,daughter of Goodwyn, earl of Kent, and queen of Edward the Con-fessor. She died at Winchester, 15 kal. of January, 1073. 02 HISTORY OF LONDON.
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Henry the Thirds Monument. Is another effort of the skill of Cavalini, or some of his pupils.It is placed between the second and third pillars on the north sideof the chapel, and is of exquisite workmanship and materials. Itwas originally extremely splendid ; but is now mutilated, and mostinfamously destroyed, by the custom of breaking away the inlaidpieces of red glass, and white, gilt next the mortar with gold. Thepannels are of polished porphyry,* which have one or two cracks,and a small piece broken off the west corner of that inside thechapel, otherwise perfect, the Mosaic work round them of gold andscarlet. The table of brass on which the effigy lies, which is nearly asperfect as when first made, except that the rich gilding is coveredwith dust, was supported by three twisted pillars at the four corners ;but now, except at the N. W. corner, one of the three pillars aregone. The effigies of Henry III. which is of a sufficient height fromthe floor, and of a size and materials to r

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