A glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1845)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · Oxford : J. H. Parker · leaf 113
pieces of furniture, serving as receptacles for everykind of goods that required to be kept with any degree ofcare; they were also placed in churches for keeping the holyvessels, vestments, &c, and many of them still remainr. The • Nichols Royal Wills, 4to., p. 302. ^lfric gives Area, serin.… … oldest chests known to exist are of Early English date, as atClimping church, Sussex, and Stoke Dabernon, Surrey; thereare also others nearly or quite as old at Graveney and Saltwoodin Kent; the latter of theseis very highly enriched onthe front with panels, tra-cery, and carving, and isby far the…
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