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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 189

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arliest in England—was built between 1351and 1412. During the fourteenth century many vestments, churchservice books and pieces of precious plate were bestowedupon the abbey. Of one abbot it is said that he obtainedfor the sacrist a large gilt chalice, an image of the Virginin ivory, a crystal… … CLOISTER AND LAVATOKIUM, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL GLOUCESTER sacrist, presented many books, vestments, and vessels ofsilver, also four silver basins for the High Altar, twolarge ones for occasions when the abbot celebrated Mass,and two small ones for the use of a priest when he shouldcelebrate; also…

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