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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 83

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word, the mitreor the crown, and sometimes a book. They are thirty-three in number, andall differ in their form and composition. The coronation of the Vii-gin in a niche surmomiting the central arch may beconsidered as included in this tier. The figures aie headless, but are composedwith much… … THE in tne qarden or EioiCentral UAcst X^aor^ ^rnr, Is illustrative of the dispensations of the Almighty as recorded in the Old andNew Testaments in forty-eight subjects, occupying large quatrefoils and in veryhigh relief. ^ To the south are eighteen, comprising the history of the Creation down to…

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