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Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)

Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 130

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ir, which, in the combination ofrichness and delicacy of ornament and unstinting pro-fuscncss of sculpture, leaving scarcely a square foot ofplain wall anywhere, knows no rival. The nameby which it is 2)opularly known is derived from thesculptures of angels with exjjandcd wings, playing onmusical… … sits nursing his right leg at the base of the GKOTESUUE 1-lULilE. first vaulting shaft on the north side, evidently as fond of mischief for mischiefs sake as Shakespeares shrewd and knavish sprite. Lincoln Cathedral is now decidedly poor in monuments. There are butfew, and these not as a rule…

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