Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)
Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 134
t that Arch-bishop John Romanus stoodon April 6, 1291, to lay thefoundation stone of this hisgreat work, and to call down the blessing of the Holy Ghost upon it. What would lielook round and see? To the right Rogers Norman choir, almost above his head thegreat tower, and beyond it the north… … THE FIVE SISTERS. 128 York Minster. the ruins of the Norman nave, built by Thomas, burnt in 1137, and which he waspreparing to make even as we see it now. The central tower, the largest in England, was built about 1260 by JohnRonianus the elder, treasurer of the cathedral, who enclosed the Norman…
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