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Cloister life in the days of Coeur de Lion (1893)

Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Henry Donald Maurice), 1836-1917, Railton, Herbert, 1857-1910, ill, Quinton, A., ill · London : Isbister & company, limited · leaf 156

An illustration from Cloister life in the days of Coeur de Lion, 1893, leaf 156
ular ruined wall,uncared for and unbeautiful save for the grey-green moss andlichens which partly veil its broken stones. The stranger who knew nothing of its story would surelysmile if he were told that beneath the grass and daisies roundhim were hidden the vast foundation stories of one of… … iW-f. %jiwa. were altars brilliant with colour and with gold; that besidesthe many altars were once grouped on that sacred spot chaun-tries and tombs, many of them marvels of grace and beauty,placed there in memory of men great in the service of Churchand State—of men whose names were household…

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