A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic architecture (1888)
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884 · London [etc.] Parker and co. · leaf 268
Sfjtngle— %i\L 256 the most part, been superseded by more durable kinds of covering ; they are, however, still to be found on some church roofs, and on many timber spires,, especially in the counties of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Essex. Shrine (Lat.. Scrinium), a feretory or repository for … on certain occasions carried Ely Cathedral. in religious processions ; others were substantial erections, generally the tombs of saints, as that of Edward the Confessor, in Westminster Abbey, and that of St. Cuthbert, formerly in Durham Cathedral, &c. ; these were not unfrequently rebuilt (with…
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