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An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)

Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 207

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, while the glass in the upper portion of a transomedlow side window would shield the hanging lamp from the draught. But why should the sacristan wish totrim the lamp from the outside of the church, when it would be nuuh less trouble to do it inside? Andhow could he trim it from outside when there… … OJ^^^s^SYCSi Wigginton, Oxon. LOW SII)]: WINDOWS 683 climb ladders. At Leeds Casde, Kent, the opening in the private chapel is abovethe moat. Had the penitent to swim the moat .^ Besides, why should there be twoor even three confessional windows in one church ? And who heard the con-fessions ? Not…

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