The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Winchester: ... Including Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops, and of Other Eminent Persons Connected with the Church

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 - 138 páginas
 

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Página 136 - Letters to a Prebendary: being an Answer to Reflections on Popery, by the Rev.
Página 99 - Here we are presented with elevations of arches, columns, windows, &c. of distinct and distant ages ; from the middle of the eleventh century to the middle of the sixteenth : the crypt, transepts, and tower display the former, whilst the latter is contained in the chantry of Gardiner, i.
Página 73 - Church, and five other chantries. The Exterior of Winchester Cathedral presents few beauties, or attractive features. Its length of nave, plainness of masonry, shortness and solidity of tower, width of east end, and boldness of transepts, present so many peculiar and specific characteristics. Although the architectural antiquary seeks in vain for that picturesque arrangement of parts, and successive variety, which belong to the Cathedrals of Salisbury, Lincoln, Wells, &c. yet he soon discovers a...
Página 123 - ... sexes in Winchester, to all the clergy in that city, and to every fellow and scholar in Wykeham's two colleges and his own. His biographers have celebrated his piety, temper, and humanity. Besides the foundation of Magdalen-college, of which an ample detail is given in our authorities, he established a free^-school in his native town, and was a benefactor to Eton college, Winchester cathedral, and other places.
Página 135 - The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, containing all the Inscriptions upon the Tombs and Monuments, with an Account of the Bishops, Priors, Deans, and Prebendaries. Also the History of Hyde Abbey, begun by the Right Honourable HENBY, late Earl of CLARENDON, and continued to this time by SAMUEL GALE, Gent. Adorned with Sculptures. 1715.
Página 20 - ... to the benefit, or, lastly, the conditions they were to observe in order to obtain and enjoy it. And therefore under these four heads we will briefly consider it. As to the original of it, there is no dispute made by any author, but that it began to be a privilege of churches from the time of Constantine, though there are no laws about it older than Theodosius, either in the Justinian or the Theodosian Code.
Página 21 - Ill, 239), he is usually assumed to have been archon, and is dated at about the end of the third or beginning of the fourth century...
Página 119 - Windsor, and engaged in other employments for greater wages, writs were issued to prohibit all persons from employing them, on pain of forfeiting all their goods and chattels; and to commit such of the workmen as should be apprehended to Newgate.
Página 92 - The small shelving stool which the seats of the stalls form when turned up, is called a miserere. On these the monks and canons of ancient times, with the assistance of their elbows on the upper part of the stalls, half supported themselves during certain parts of their long offices, not to be obliged always to stand or kneel.

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