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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 346

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(820). in this, as at (lun, .Salop(819), much importance is given to the rafter braces, which give great rigidity to theroof. In the W^orcester roof the fact that the.se braces arc of ogee pattern with com-plex cusping (see longitudinal section) indicates that the roof was put up in thefirst half… … M. B. A. Sennen, Cornwall covered the nave ; then was transferred to a modern south aisle, and has now beenreplaced in its original position. (Over the altar is seen a rare example of a hangingcanopy or tester ; something similar occurs above the altar of the northern chapelof Ludlow chancel.) Then…

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