The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . ,jAlSenMttS!niaekfrinrsJi WESTERN TOWERS, INTERIOR. 19 the heads of the large compartments terminate in cinquefoils ; and the splay,or flexure, surrounding* the window, is separated into numerous divisions,similarly ornamented : below the sill is the following inscription. FAVENTE GEORGIO SECUNDO REITERATA SENATUS MUNIFICENTIA FELICITER INSTAURATA. MDCCXXXV*. It is probable that the areas of the
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . ,jAlSenMttS!niaekfrinrsJi WESTERN TOWERS, INTERIOR. 19 the heads of the large compartments terminate in cinquefoils ; and the splay,or flexure, surrounding* the window, is separated into numerous divisions,similarly ornamented : below the sill is the following inscription. FAVENTE GEORGIO SECUNDO REITERATA SENATUS MUNIFICENTIA FELICITER INSTAURATA. MDCCXXXV*. It is probable that the areas of the West Towers were once open to theNave and Aisles ; but that on the south is now excluded by the monuments ofCaptain James Cornewall and Mr. Secretary Craggs, and that on the northpartly closed by an iron railing and the monument of Sir Godfrey Towers nearly correspond in their internal architecture, though not intheir appropriation ; the South Tower being used as the Consistory Court, andChapel for Morning Prayers, whilst the North Tower is principally occupiedby the monument of Captain Montague. The side walls above the base-ment, or seat,
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