Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 174
ions the oldEnglish artists coloured everything.Here it may still be seen that theypainted even their alabaster. Amongst the curiosities ofmonumental art are two recumbentfigures represented as skeletons.Until the recent restoration, onlyone of these tombs was exposed toview, and it was popularly… … THE EXTERIOU, IrHOM THE NORTH-WEST. R 130 CATHEDRAL GRURCnES. [Salisbury. tomb of a siiiiilar character. Such monuments, exist, moreover, in other churches;and they bclon- in fact to a period when it was the fashion to represent themortality of man in this ghastly form. Another curiosity is found…
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