Gasquet, Francis Aidan, Cardinal, 1846-1929 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 377
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… … VVKSTMlNbTEK ABBEY : NA\ L AND CliUIK 1 KoM 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 clergy toassemble at St Pauls, where the reliquary had beenpreviously placed, and to…
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