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The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire (1883)

Lefroy, William, 1836-1900 · London, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday · leaf 52

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alls ofthis chapel, as well as of the choir, are adorned with abeautiful trifoliatcd arcading, the design of which issaid to have been repeated in the rcrcdos of the high present, indeed, the choir is at best but a seemlyanti-chamber to the glories of the Lady-chapel, butin justice to Abbot John de… … THE REFECTORY, FOUNTAINS ABBEY. altar. Of the upper walls of the choir aisle I cannotspeak with equal admiration. The lancets are hereplaced each under an arcade of one pointed arch be-tween two round-headed ones. The latter rest onone side on single columns from which spring thepointed arches over…

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