A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 218
Plate No. CL\I. NORTHAMPTON. QUEEN ELEANOR CROSS. 1290. D The crosses erected by Edward I in memory of Queen Eleanor are the most beautiful memorial crossesin the country. Only three of them have survived out of the original twelve. The statues of the queenare good examples of the sculpture of the… … Plate No. CL\n. GEDDINGTON, NORTHANTS. QUEEN ELEANOR CROSS, c. 1290. D The three Queen Eleanor crosses which still exist are those at Waltham, Northampton and Geddington.The Geddington cross is the least restored, and is a very beautiful monument of the best period of Gothicsculpture. The lower…
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