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 207
h the building of Salis-bury Cathedral. The deacon was shut up alone in the church, and his businesswas to light twelve lamps before the twelve crosses painted on the walls. Meantimethe bishop, clergy, and people outside thrice made the circuit of the building, thebishop sprinkling the walls with… … THE CLOISTKK. GARTH. The bishop then made the tour of the interior and anointed the twelve paintedcrosses with the sacred chrism. The artistic effect of the inierior is not at all equal to that of the exterior ofthe church; and the question arises as to what is the particular respect in which…
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