Excursion ... Programme & Arrangements

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Yorkshire Archaeological Society., 1883

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Page 10 - Themselves, within their holy bound, Their stony folds had often found. They told, how sea-fowls...
Page 10 - The sacred tapers' lights are gone, Grey moss has clad the altar stone, The holy image is o'erthrown, The bell has ceased to toll. The long ribb'd aisles are burst and shrunk, The holy shrines to ruin sunk, Departed is the pious monk, God's blessing on his soul ! Rediviva.
Page 17 - ... century. The plan is a particularly interesting one, and shows three apsidal chapels en echelon on the east side of each arm of the transept, the inner chapel (next the choir), on each side being finished square externally, so that, including the great apse of the choir, there were seven apses in all.
Page 9 - Yorkshire; and its rounded hills, farwinding rivers, and broken limestone scars, to have formed a type in his mind to which he sought, as far as might be, to obtain some correspondent imagery in all other landscape.
Page 11 - RThe castelle it self is motid aboute on 3. partes. The 4. parte is dry where the entre is ynto the castelle. The castelle is al of very fair and greate squarid stone both withyn and withowte. wherof (as sum hold opinion) much was brought owt of Fraunce. In the castelle be only 5. towers, one at eche corner almost of like biggenes. The gate house is the 5, having fyve longginges * yn high[t], 3.
Page 4 - He was now"— says his illustrious friend Aelred, abbot of Rivaulx, the historian of the battle—"an old man, and full of days, quick witted, prudent in council, moderate in peace, circumspect in war, a true friend and a loyal subject. His stature was passing tall, his limbs all of such size as not to exceed their just proportions, and yet to be well matched with his great height. His hair was still black, his beard long, and flowing, his forehead wide and noble, his eyes large and bright, his...
Page 12 - Saints is in the perpendicular style and consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles and a western tower.
Page 2 - His Grace the DUKE OF NORFOLK, KG, Hereditary Earl Marshal. His Grace the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, KG, FSA The Right Hon. the EARL OF DARTMOUTH. The Right Hon. the EARL OF WHARNCLIFFE.

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