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The greater abbeys of England (1908)

Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 377

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adbeen in Rome in 1267, and it is thought that he probablybrought back with him the material for this work andpossibly also the workmen. To-day a sufficient portionof this beautiful inlaid pavement remains to suggest itsformer splendour. A second mosaic pavement of thedate of Edward I may be seen… … WESTMINSTER ABBEY: THE SOUTH AMBULATORY WESTMINSTER Rome. The remains of the Confessor were translated tothis new shrine on October 13, 1269. This event is thuscommemorated, the 13th day of October, the King lettetranslate with great solemnity the holy body of SaintEdward, King and Confessor, that…

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