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ual, which soon showed itself evenamong the Cistercians, predisposed the monk-buildersto such architectural innovations. Probably, als »,they were inspired by the fine proportions oi the mi-reformed Benedictine churches, and urged on by themasonic instinct and impulse. All these motives we.shall… … > Rievaulx 51 equal or surpass the glorious work of their neigh-bours and rivals. The poor homeless and churchlesswanderers who, some twelve years after the founda-tion of Rievaulx, had found a temporary resting-place at Old Byland, removed after four or five yearsto Stocking, and thence to the…
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