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 213
ches;and they belong in fact to a period when it was the fashion to represent themortality of man in this ghastly form. 2o6 Sa/isbmy. Another curiosity is found in tlie recumbent figure of the so-called Boy-Bishop. It was the custom of the mediaeval Church for a few days after thechildrens festival… … stor}^ went that one such boy diedduring his term of office, and thatthis was his tomb. In this caselikewise the popular story has beenexploded by comparative science.Similar monuments in miniatureare found elsewhere; and two ex-planations of them are possible.Either there was a fashion at…
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