Author: James Anott
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331828948
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Excerpt from Some of the Antiquities of Moche Malverne (Great Malvern) For thirtyfive years I have lived under the shadow of the Priory Church of Great Malvern, and have taken the greatest possible interest in the building. Its walls, buttresses, and tower, hoar with age, have had a constant fascination for me. To pace slowly round the churchyard, at different seasons of the year, at early morning, or late 'at night, has been my delight. The church's Old stones have become, to me, familiar friends. I have entered the sacred place, and with no one near. Have marked its every feature. In hours snatched from a busy life, I have taken my field glass and peered into the mazes Of its many coloured, ancient windows; have permitted my eyes to wander over its tracery, up its lofty shafts, and about its roof. I have tried many times to interpret the designs and intentions of the ancient architects. Whilst so doing I have pondered in deep meditation on what has been revealed to me there, and often paused in wonder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Some of the Antiquities of Moche Malverne (Great Malvern) (Classic Reprint)
Author: James Anott
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331828948
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Excerpt from Some of the Antiquities of Moche Malverne (Great Malvern) For thirtyfive years I have lived under the shadow of the Priory Church of Great Malvern, and have taken the greatest possible interest in the building. Its walls, buttresses, and tower, hoar with age, have had a constant fascination for me. To pace slowly round the churchyard, at different seasons of the year, at early morning, or late 'at night, has been my delight. The church's Old stones have become, to me, familiar friends. I have entered the sacred place, and with no one near. Have marked its every feature. In hours snatched from a busy life, I have taken my field glass and peered into the mazes Of its many coloured, ancient windows; have permitted my eyes to wander over its tracery, up its lofty shafts, and about its roof. I have tried many times to interpret the designs and intentions of the ancient architects. Whilst so doing I have pondered in deep meditation on what has been revealed to me there, and often paused in wonder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331828948
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Excerpt from Some of the Antiquities of Moche Malverne (Great Malvern) For thirtyfive years I have lived under the shadow of the Priory Church of Great Malvern, and have taken the greatest possible interest in the building. Its walls, buttresses, and tower, hoar with age, have had a constant fascination for me. To pace slowly round the churchyard, at different seasons of the year, at early morning, or late 'at night, has been my delight. The church's Old stones have become, to me, familiar friends. I have entered the sacred place, and with no one near. Have marked its every feature. In hours snatched from a busy life, I have taken my field glass and peered into the mazes Of its many coloured, ancient windows; have permitted my eyes to wander over its tracery, up its lofty shafts, and about its roof. I have tried many times to interpret the designs and intentions of the ancient architects. Whilst so doing I have pondered in deep meditation on what has been revealed to me there, and often paused in wonder. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary
Author: John Leland
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Routes of English
Author: Simon Elmes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901710229
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901710229
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Itinerary
Author: John Leland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914407291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
John Leland's Itinerary is one of the key documents of English local history, offering eye-witness descriptions of hundreds of towns and villages, castles, monasteries and gentry houses during the reign of Henry VIII, by one of the most intelligent and learned observers of his era. But it is not straightforward - Leland became insane before he had time to organise his notes into a coherent and systematic account of his journeys. He left for posterity a jumbled mass of material, written partly in Latin, partly in robust Tudor English, to be plundered, damaged and in some cases lost by later antiquaries, and not published until the eighteenth century. John Chandler's modern English version, based on the standard edition by Lucy Toulmin Smith of 1906-10, was first published in 1993 and has been long out of print. In it he identified place and personal names, and rearranged everything of topographical interest into historic English counties, with maps and a detailed introduction. For this new edition he has corrected the text, added parts of the material relating to Leland's travels in Wales, revised the introduction, and established a reliable chronology for the surviving accounts of five journeys which Leland undertook between 1538 and 1544. While Leland's actual words will continue to be quoted by historians of the places he visited, this rendering into modern English offers an accessible and absorbing window on the world of our towns and countryside almost five centuries ago.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781914407291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
John Leland's Itinerary is one of the key documents of English local history, offering eye-witness descriptions of hundreds of towns and villages, castles, monasteries and gentry houses during the reign of Henry VIII, by one of the most intelligent and learned observers of his era. But it is not straightforward - Leland became insane before he had time to organise his notes into a coherent and systematic account of his journeys. He left for posterity a jumbled mass of material, written partly in Latin, partly in robust Tudor English, to be plundered, damaged and in some cases lost by later antiquaries, and not published until the eighteenth century. John Chandler's modern English version, based on the standard edition by Lucy Toulmin Smith of 1906-10, was first published in 1993 and has been long out of print. In it he identified place and personal names, and rearranged everything of topographical interest into historic English counties, with maps and a detailed introduction. For this new edition he has corrected the text, added parts of the material relating to Leland's travels in Wales, revised the introduction, and established a reliable chronology for the surviving accounts of five journeys which Leland undertook between 1538 and 1544. While Leland's actual words will continue to be quoted by historians of the places he visited, this rendering into modern English offers an accessible and absorbing window on the world of our towns and countryside almost five centuries ago.
Piers Plowman
Author: Jean Jules Jusserand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mysticism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mysticism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Select Pleas of the Forest
Author: England. Curia Regis
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : la
Pages : 492
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Category : Law
Languages : la
Pages : 492
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The Antiquary
Author: Edward Walford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Abkhasians: the Long-living People of the Caucasus
Author: Sula Benet
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description