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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 282

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.Towards the close of the century the aisles were vaulted,and this was apparently the last great work done bythe monks. Of the domestic buildings some small portions aloneremain. On the west side the cellarers lodging or guesthall with a fine fifteenth-century roof, over a thirteenth-century… … SHERBORNE ABBEY: CHOIR AND EAST WINDOW Sherhorneplace carved with the symbols of the Evangelists. Thecloisters are entirely gone and the hexagonal vaulted con-duit of 151 o, which used to be in the centre of the cloistergarth, now stands in a position in the town. Leland callsit a fair castle over…

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