. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . DISTAXT VIEW OF YORK ^ SiK Walter Scott calls this cathedral the most august oftemples, the noble Minster of York, and its most devoted lover^ can never complain that it has not in every age received its duef^ share of veneration. From the time that Alcuin spread its fameJ/f^ in the country of his adoption, telling with a sons pride of thebeauty of its decorations, the learning of its jDriests, and the trea-sures of its library, in the court of France, this glorious temple in the north
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . DISTAXT VIEW OF YORK ^ SiK Walter Scott calls this cathedral the most august oftemples, the noble Minster of York, and its most devoted lover^ can never complain that it has not in every age received its duef^ share of veneration. From the time that Alcuin spread its fameJ/f^ in the country of his adoption, telling with a sons pride of thebeauty of its decorations, the learning of its jDriests, and the trea-sures of its library, in the court of France, this glorious temple in the northhas never been without its historians, or its prelates without their this overwhelming mass of information it is no easy task to extract andcondense a few pages that shall be generally interesting, yet sufficiently us look first at the west front, that exquisite specimen of Gothic art,which has been compared with the celebrated fa9ade at Rheims Cathedial forrichness, sublimity, and beauty of architectural design ; it is certainly not surpassedby that of any climch in England in its fine proporti
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