Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 253
ft undecoratedwith diapering, executed in the mostbrilliant colours or carved in the stone itself. Every true lover of art must wishto see this English Sainte Chapelle reverently restored to its pristine beauty. The dissolution of the abbey in 1531 fell gently upon Ely. When theprior became dean,… … THE WEST DOOR,INTERIOR. OVIN S CROSS. Ely.] RUIN AND RESTORATfON. 197 and the masters of a school for twenty-four poor boys of ]01}, were lodood inthe old monastic buildings, the change, however important in itself, must liavebeen little more than nominal to those on the spot.But an end had come to…
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