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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 224

An illustration from An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century, 1913, leaf 224 — howcvf.T, wheredie doorway was wide, was to su])p()rl the centre of one hntel or die ends o( twolintels by an upright post (French inimeaii). This is very common in Prench Gothic,where the doorways are usually much wider than in Knoland. Double doorwaysof this kind are most common in the thirteenth… … \V. H. Ely : Eastern Procession Doorway of Nave they presented an obstacle to the numerous processions, in some of which theshrine of the patron saint of the church was carried forth into the streets, whilein others the Host was brought out beneath a baldachino.^ This objection didnot apply to the…

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