Iconography of the west front of Wells cathedral, with an appendix on the sculptures of other medieval churches in England; (1851)
Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863 · Oxford London, J.H. Parker · leaf 113
ont, the three prominent buttressesare employed to illustrate, by larger dimension, and by enthroned and sittingfigures, those more distinguished princes, whose acts and influences have been themost signal. And though such a collocation somewhat deranges the regularity oftheir succession, they… … I t THE FOURTH AND FIFTH TIERS. 76 Thus we have Alfred in liiu ^k^bifiiTtk the central buttress, as the chiefluminary of that constellation of mciits. wliich made the success and glory of thedynasty of Cerdic dnopg :2()0 years^ To his left is Athelstau. to his right the pro-digy of liis age,…
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