out of this design, West-minster shows an independent English judgement work-ing on a foreign plan. The spaciousness of the triforiais said to have been specially designed to accommo-date thousands as witnesses of coronations and funeralsof kings and queens in the chief national church. Matthew… … WESTMINSTER ABBEY : NAVE AND CHOIR FROM THE WEST WestminsterKing, and Henry determined to present it to West-minster, So the day after the feast of the translation ofthe Confessor, the King directed the London glergy toassemble at St Pauls, where the reUquary had beenpreviously placed, and to form…
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