Views of the most interesting collegiate and parochial churches in Great Britain; including screens, fonts, monuments .. (1824)
Neale, John Preston, 1780-1847, Le Keux, John, 1783-1846 · London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green [etc.] · leaf 163
orna-mented with jewels. At the feet, in front of the choir, was representedthe Virgin Mary, with Christ in her arms, seated on a throne, highlyenriched with precious stones. The pillars were formed like open towers,and were all of j)late gold, while the inside of the canopy was coveredwith crystal… … THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE. years after, says, that he had never seen a Shrine more splendid andnoble than that at St. Albans. On the north side of the Presbytery, opposite to the monument ofHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester, is a very curious gallery of woodpanelled and carved in…
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