Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 37
he commencement of thegreat ascent by which the pil-grims went up to the house oftheir Lord—the first of the flightsof steps which led to the elevatedplatform in the retro-choir whichsupported the shrine of Thomash Becket. Commencing beneatlithe central tower, the floor risesin a gradual ascent of… … 1: \ ^ , ii WF H^ m r^Vr r^i. — ^—, ^ — ■v-i^— — riviiiiiMT-r : . n ^f -J THE CUOia 8CHSBM. Cantkubury.] , THE TRANSEPTS. 7 Thus the nave produces on the spectator the effect of a great hall, and this isincreased by the elevation of the aisles and the comparative thinness of thepiers which support…
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