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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 179

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ent: (VIII) the indica-tions, if any, in connection with the above of social customs,or of class or other distinctions among the interred. I. It is a curious reflection that there are two periods inthe history of this country at which the pagan Anglo-Saxoncemetery has been a conspicuous monumental… … CHRISTIAN OBJECTS IN CEMETERIES i5 about 1700 they passed not only out of use but out ofmemory almost as completely as did the Roman catacombs,while within the last century and a half they have resumed aplace of importance among our national institutions. Thecause of their passing out of use was…

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