Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 44
late years the patriarchal chairhas been brought back to the Corona. Tradition states that it was the throneof the heathen kings of Kent, given by Ethelbert to Augustine, and has eversince been the cathedra of the Archbisliops of Canterbury. It is fashioned ofthree pieces of Purbeck marble, and is… … THB BAfTISX£R\. 14 CATTIEDRAL CHURCHES. [Canterbuky. spacious crypt which supports all the eastern part of the building, and causesthe lonj? ascent which has been already mentioned. There are four others inEngland, which like it are anterior to the year 1085. These are Winchester,Gloucester,…
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