| Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Robert Willis (Prof. of Mechanics at Cambridge.) - 1846 - 432 Seiten
...description of the organs, which, however, not being to our present purpose, I shall pass over k . '" Moreover you have added a lofty temple, in which continual...which eight bishops, including Elphegus himself, were present™. The king, however, is not mentioned. k See " Essai sur les Instruments de maker, in the... | |
| Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1846 - 434 Seiten
...The lofty peaks of the tower are capped with pointed roofs, and are adorned with various and pinuous vaults, curved with well-skilled contrivance."" "Above...which eight bishops, including Elphegus himself, were present™. The king, however, is not mentioned. * See " Essai sur lea Instruments de maker, in the... | |
| 1889 - 1028 Seiten
...and sinuous vaults curved with well-skilled Copyright, 1889, by THE CENTURY Co. All rights reserved. contrivance. . . . Above these stands a rod with golden...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." The translation of St. Swithun's body into the new building in the year 980 was delayed by forty days... | |
| Sir George Gilbert Scott - 1879 - 410 Seiten
...relics of the saints." " A sparkling tower," also, " that reflects from heaven the first rays of the sun." " It has five compartments pierced by open windows,...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." Again, however, came the ruthless Northman, and destroyed church after church throughout the entire... | |
| Ecclesiological Society - 1885 - 432 Seiten
...all four sides as many ways are open. The lofty peak« of the tower are capped with pointed roofs. Above these stands a rod with golden balls, and at...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." But we now approach a period always looked upon as a turning point in our history, that is the so-called... | |
| Thomas Dinham Atkinson - 1912 - 500 Seiten
...eastern apse and a crypt, numerous chapels with altars, a tower with pointed roofs surmounted by ' a mighty golden cock which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows.' The church escaped the later ravages of the Danes, and received rich gifts from Canute. The last of... | |
| Thomas Francis Bumpus - 1914 - 584 Seiten
...on all four sides as many ways are open. The lofty peaks of the tower are capped with pointed roofs. Above these stands a rod with golden balls, and at...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." But now we approach a period always looked upon as a turning-point in our history, that is the so-called... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1852 - 176 Seiten
...Norman date. " Moreover," says he, " you have added a lofty temple, in which continual day remains — a sparkling tower, that reflects from Heaven the first...which boldly turns its face to every wind that blows." The description of the monastery, built by Alfred at Athelney, as given by Camden, on the authority... | |
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