The Cathedrals of England and Wales : their history, architecture, and associations ; with a series of Rembrandt plates and many illustrations in the text (1906)
London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 65
It was notthe original shrine, but a much more magnificent one, constructed earlyin the fourteenth century, and enriched irom time to time with gold andsilver and precious stones as successive devotees lavished upon it their wealth. In 1561 the steeple of Old St. Pauls was set on fire by… … restoring the cathedral, but presently Christopher \\ren persuaded them thatthe task was a hopeless one. The work of clearing away the ruins was oneof immense difficulty, and the use of gunpowder being forbidden, owingto an indiscretion of one of ^^rens subordinates, the great architectbethought…
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