. Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of highly-finished engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions of such objects in the metropolis and the surrounding country as are most remarkable for antiquity, architectural grandeur, or picturesque beauty. it from the south transept andthe aisle, but some remains of the altar and its platform exist, on the site of theCountess of Hertfords monument. The indulgence granted to those whoheard mass at it was for two years and forty days. The remains of two ancient tombs, one
. Select views of London and its environs; containing a collection of highly-finished engravings, from original paintings and drawings, accompanied by copious letter-press descriptions of such objects in the metropolis and the surrounding country as are most remarkable for antiquity, architectural grandeur, or picturesque beauty. it from the south transept andthe aisle, but some remains of the altar and its platform exist, on the site of theCountess of Hertfords monument. The indulgence granted to those whoheard mass at it was for two years and forty days. The remains of two ancient tombs, one erected to the memory of KingSebert, and the other to the children of Henry the Third, stand on this spot,and nearly face each other. The monument of Sebert, and a specimen of thepaintings on it, have been published by the Antiquary Society ; the otherappears to have been once richly inlaid with mosaic, and the arch above it tohave contained painted portraits of the deceased, and to have been otherwisedecorated. Both are now occupied, the one as a seat, the other as a desk, bythe attendants who shew the Abbey. THE CHAPEL OF ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR Is situated immediately in the centre of the area, above which it is elevatedseveral feet, and is ascended to by a small wooden staircase. It is bounded to *iiiiii,ii(iiiii((.
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