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 109
ut inthe succeeding cen-turies, and its ex-quisite decorationswere buried beneathsuccessive coats of whitewash. In 1853 it was rescued from this stateof neglect and repaired by public subscription, and when the abbey wasrestored the unfinished carvings were completed with so much skill andfidelity… … NORTH AISLE OF THE NAVE, WITH BISHOP MONTAGUES TOMB, Bath.] MEMORIALS IN THE ABREY. 91 tablets were allowed to be plastered over the pillars of the nave and choirand to disfigure the building in all directions. It was this profusion ofmemorials which suggested the witty couplet— The memor-ials are…
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