Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . 52 Transactions for the Year 1903. who died in 1089, founded a home for lepers at Canterbury seven yearsbefore the preaching of the first Crusade. As the Rev. S. E. Bartleet haspointed out in his paper on these hospitals,^ the disease was probablycaused and aggravated by the filthy habits of the people and the unwhole-some food they consumed. The chancel of St. Sepulchres alone remains. The nave was destroyedin 1861 and the south doorway built up in the chancel arch. A view. DOORWAY, ST. MARY MAGDALENE, Mcdl
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society . 52 Transactions for the Year 1903. who died in 1089, founded a home for lepers at Canterbury seven yearsbefore the preaching of the first Crusade. As the Rev. S. E. Bartleet haspointed out in his paper on these hospitals,^ the disease was probablycaused and aggravated by the filthy habits of the people and the unwhole-some food they consumed. The chancel of St. Sepulchres alone remains. The nave was destroyedin 1861 and the south doorway built up in the chancel arch. A view. DOORWAY, ST. MARY MAGDALENE, Mcdland, Photo. of the chapel taken by Mr. Medland whilst it was still intact is reproducedby his kind permission. The style of architecture shows that the chapel wasbuilt early in the twelfth century, not very long after Lanfrancs foundationat Canterbury. The doorway has a beautiful Norman arch of manyorders of moulding supported by capitals ornamented with mosaic pattern,Romanesque foliage, and nailhead designs, and by shafts with zig-zag and1 Trans., xx., pp. 127-137. Gloucester. 53 twisted mouldings. On the walls are floriated crosses and strangegeometrical designs, which have never been satisfactorily explained. Theoriginal Norman windows have been removed and replaced by others of amuch later date. St. Margarets Hospital has been rebuilt, and is now, as it has been formany years, an almshouse where deserving aged citizens find a homeand slender income. SOME OLD GLOUCESTER HOUSES. There are still a few houses remaining which bear the imp
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