This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ..."the old monks" is so often hazarded in connection with any and every cathedral. There were no monks at Salisbury; and the choir-stalls all placed east of the transept may serve to remind us of it. The law is correctly laid down by the eminent French writer Viollet-le-Duc, that non-monastic churches ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ..."the old monks" is so often hazarded in connection with any and every cathedral. There were no monks at Salisbury; and the choir-stalls all placed east of the transept may serve to remind us of it. The law is correctly laid down by the eminent French writer Viollet-le-Duc, that non-monastic churches had their choir-stalls east of the transept, whilst monastic churches had theirs to the west, in the nave, or across the transept. The arrangement at Westminster compared with that at Salisbury is an example of this. A very singular feature in the internal structure is the plinth, carried all round the church, vipon which the great shafts of the arcade rest. Most probably it was intended for a seat; and in the early days it was perhaps the only sitting accommodation provided in the nave. The sermons of those days, preached in the nave, were certainly not less lengthy than those of our own time; but the bulk of the hearers must either have stood or have rested the arms and chin upon the crutch-shaped leaning-staff (reclinatorium), which was the precursor of the more comfortable arrangements of modern times. From an artistic point of view there are two or three tombs of exceptional interest at Salisbury. First, there is the thirteenth-century tomb of Bishop Bridport, which has been seriously mutilated by the iconoclastic zeal of the past, but which is still perfect enough to exhibit to us the British architect of that day, in his first efforts to throw off the grim severity of treatment which marks the earliest beginnings of the cathedral. This monument has been copied for the Crystal Palace. The tomb with recumbent effigy of Longspee, Earl of Salisbury, is valuable as a specimen of monumental art partly in wood. Originally it was...
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Very Good. 1885 Cloth folio, 272pp. de Luxe edition with gilt titles and ruling. Replete with profuse in-text illustrations and 8 engraved plates. In good contition with moderate fraying at the spine ends, rubbing to corners and edges. An ex-library copy with spine label, bookplate, and stamp on cover, otherwise unmarked. Size and weight will require additional postage, please inquire.
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Good. Folio. 272pp, ill., 8 plates. Original brown cloth, gilt titles and rule. Edition De Luxe. Soiling to boards, black marks to front board. Library markings. Occasional spotting. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Fair. Tail and head of spine worn. tight interior pages. book plate present. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No international amazon order on this title. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
