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 78
gifted and susceptibly instructed. The clergy insisted on the enclosure of the choir, no doubt partly for their owncomfort and secluded dignit3^ Whether Wren designed any screen, or to what heightthat screen was to rise, does not appear. But he was compelled to submit, and, contraryto his… … 5/. PauPs. 73 Wren had designed to nse mosaics largely in the internal decoration, the only safeand durable material except gilding (and some of Wrens gilding comes out, whenburnished and cleaned, as bright as ever). But mosaic, imperishable, and that might beeasily washed, would have defied time…
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