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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 180

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r and presbytery, but the superb centraltower, which is crowned with open-work parapets andpinnacles, prevents the eye from dwelling on this defect.Gloucester, says a modern writer, contains some ofthe choicest triumphs of Gothic art, and numerousinstances of the most ingenious contrivances of… … < <a Q wXH <:u oi h au O J o Gloucester Ewias, Ewenny, Hereford, Kilpeck and Brorjifield.Wulphere, the first Christian King of Mercia, is saidto have commenced the work, which was carried onby his brother and successor Ethelred, who somewhatlater laid aside his crown to become a monk at…

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