Sketches, illustrative of the topography and history of new and old Sleaford1825 - 80 pages |
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... pillar or shaft ornamented on every side with bold and elegant gothic tra- cery , and its summit decorated , alternately , with oval and diagonal shields , having an ancient hexagonal cover of wood , with corresponding ornaments ...
... pillar or shaft ornamented on every side with bold and elegant gothic tra- cery , and its summit decorated , alternately , with oval and diagonal shields , having an ancient hexagonal cover of wood , with corresponding ornaments ...
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... pillars of black marble , are the figures of a man in armour , with a sword girded to his left side , and a lady on his right ; their heads resting on two neatly sculptured cushions , and their hands on their breasts . Above them are ...
... pillars of black marble , are the figures of a man in armour , with a sword girded to his left side , and a lady on his right ; their heads resting on two neatly sculptured cushions , and their hands on their breasts . Above them are ...
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... pillars surmounted by large heads of stone , representing the human skull , encircled with wreaths of laurel . These figures , however ridiculed by some unthinking persons , and unnoticed by others , must be consi- dered , by any one ...
... pillars surmounted by large heads of stone , representing the human skull , encircled with wreaths of laurel . These figures , however ridiculed by some unthinking persons , and unnoticed by others , must be consi- dered , by any one ...
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... pillars and arches , but more especially its font . It is built of a fine and most excellent stone , which is met with in this parish , and is said to be after the Anglo Norman cast of architecture . A slender spire , with a nave having ...
... pillars and arches , but more especially its font . It is built of a fine and most excellent stone , which is met with in this parish , and is said to be after the Anglo Norman cast of architecture . A slender spire , with a nave having ...
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... pillars , and arches of similar beautiful and coeval architecture , is to be met with in the small village church of Bicker in this county , The font is singularly elegant , with its interesting arches of the true Norman style : it even ...
... pillars , and arches of similar beautiful and coeval architecture , is to be met with in the small village church of Bicker in this county , The font is singularly elegant , with its interesting arches of the true Norman style : it even ...
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