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The archaeological album; or, Museum of national antiquities (1845)

Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866 · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 301

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on purpose to receive the head of the corpse when deposited within its narrow abode. The hair was in perfect form, and appeared as though the skull had only been recently removed from it. The coffin is preserved in a safe and con- spicuous place in the church, and the hair is in a portable… … MS. Harl. No. 4350.

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