The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster - including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation (1818) (14797405773)

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Title: The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation
Year: 1818 (1810s)
Authors: Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854 Armstrong, Cosmo Byfield, John, 1788-1841 Byrne, Elizabeth Douthitt Byrne, John, 1786-1847 Carter, James, 1798-1855 Cleghorn, John Cooke, George, 1781-1834 Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868 Le Keux, John, 1783-1846 Lewis, J., fl. 1818-1823 Matthews, T Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870 Neale, John Preston, 1780-1847 Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855 Roffe, Robert Cabbell, d. 1839 Roffe, John, 1769-1850 Sands, Robert, 1782-1855 Scott, John, 1774-1827 Smith, W. R., fl. before 1832-1851 Taylor, William Dean, 1794-1857 Thompson, James Robert, b. ca. 1799 Tingle, James, fl. 1824-1850 Varrall, John Charles, fl. 1818-1848 Willement, Thomas, 1786-1871 Woolnoth, W. (William)
Subjects: Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Abbots Deans, Cathedral and collegiate Architecture, Gothic Church buildings Church architecture
Publisher: London : Published by the proprietor, J.P. Neale, Bennett-Street, Blackfriars-Road and sold also by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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astic composition ; and thatsuch was in use at a very early period can be proved by referring to theminute decorations of the Painted Chamber; and to those above the ceilingof the present House of Commons*. * The Painted Chamber is connected with the House of Lords, and is, at present, (September,1819) undergoing some repairs and alterations for the better accommodation of the Peers. It was ori-ginally one of the principal apartments of the ancient Palace of our Kings at Westminster. How well itdeserved its name, may be known from its present appearance, although the adornments are now in amost wretched state of dilapidation. The walls were, literally, covered with paintings, and with closewriting in Latin and Norman French ; and even the splays of the windows were similarly embellished.In most of the subjects, the figures appear to have been the size of life, and some are yet to bedistinguished that possessed great character, as well as correctness of form. Oil colours were certainly
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SCREEN. 61 The principal admeasurements of the Screen are as follow. Entireheight, fourteen feet two inches. Extreme length of entablature, thirty-eightfeet six inches ; width of ditto, two feet eight inches : general length below,thirty-seven feet. Width of central compartment, thirteen feet three inches.Breadth of doorways, three feet six inches : height of ditto, to the top of thepointed arch, ten feet ten inches; ditto to the middle of the circular arch,eleven feet. Width of the large niches, between the buttresses, two feet oneinch and a half; height of ditto, to the centre of the groining, six feet*. The few writers who have attempted to determine the age of this Screenhave assigned it to periods extremely remote from each other. There doesnot, indeed, appear to be any known record either of the time when it wasmade, or of the persons at whose charges it was undertaken. Mr. Hawkins,to whom the entire credit is due, of being the first to give a detailed Expli-