urious visitors to theCathedral. At Lastingham Church, Yorkshire, is to befound another good specimen of a Saxon Crypt.By many people this is considered the finest in thecountry. Its dimensions are about forty feet inlength by twenty-four feet in width. It reallyforms an underground church, and is… … Crypt, Canterbury Cathedral, CRYPTS. 49 end stands a rude stone altar. The arches whichsupport the roof are circular in shape with fiat ribs.* * From the east end the scene is interesting to astonishment. Here youperceive the massy arches ranged in perspective ;you behold the huge cylindrical…
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