The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 37
... chapel . The keep is surrounded by several similar bastions , but these are contemporary with it . Next to the chapel is the forebuilding , which appears to have a solid basement , as have all the bastions , that farthest from the ...
... chapel . The keep is surrounded by several similar bastions , but these are contemporary with it . Next to the chapel is the forebuilding , which appears to have a solid basement , as have all the bastions , that farthest from the ...
Page 38
... chapel , but here could not be , owing to the orientation . On the next floor , however , the " chapel " has been continued right across the " hall " part of the keep and has an apse formed in the keep wall . In early days , how- ever ...
... chapel , but here could not be , owing to the orientation . On the next floor , however , the " chapel " has been continued right across the " hall " part of the keep and has an apse formed in the keep wall . In early days , how- ever ...
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... chapels within their castles and sometimes founded in them chantries or even colleges of priests . The great chapel of St. George within Windsor castle is known all over the world as the chapel of the Knights of the Garter . The ruins ...
... chapels within their castles and sometimes founded in them chantries or even colleges of priests . The great chapel of St. George within Windsor castle is known all over the world as the chapel of the Knights of the Garter . The ruins ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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