Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . Edward I there was a fresh importa-tion of Italian work. He was still in Palestine whenhe heard of his fathers death in 1272, shortly after the Henry y Ills tomb death of his own son Henry. God, said he, maygive me more sons, but not another father, and hebrought home with him de partibus Gallicanis accordingto the records, but more likely from Italy, the materialsfor the splendid tomb in which Henry III now reposeson the north side of the Confessors shrine-. It is thefirst of the long series of royal monuments, Plantagenetand Tudor, and of r
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . Edward I there was a fresh importa-tion of Italian work. He was still in Palestine whenhe heard of his fathers death in 1272, shortly after the Henry y Ills tomb death of his own son Henry. God, said he, maygive me more sons, but not another father, and hebrought home with him de partibus Gallicanis accordingto the records, but more likely from Italy, the materialsfor the splendid tomb in which Henry III now reposeson the north side of the Confessors shrine-. It is thefirst of the long series of royal monuments, Plantagenetand Tudor, and of royal burials in the Abbey which 1 Dean Stanley reminds us of the passage in the Spectator, We werethen shown Edward the Confessors tomb, upon which Sir Roger acquaintedus that he was the first who touched for the evil. Memorials of West-minster Abbey, p. 112. Spectator, No. 329. 2 Henry was first buried before the high altar in the grave where Edwardthe Confessor had lain before his translation. 284 WESTMINSTER ABBEY [ch. xvi The Coro-nationchair. Fig. 102. (From Gleanings.) ch. xvi] WESTMINSTER ABBEY 285 come down almost to our own time (Plate LXXIX). HenryThe lower part of Henrys tomb towards the aisle is part tombof the podium which supports the raised floor of theConfessors chapel, and contains a panel, once no doubtpainted. Above is a tomb in two storeys of Purbeckmarble, with twisted shafts of Italian design like thoseof the shrine, and on each side are inlaid slabs ofEgyptian Porphyry and Serpentino surrounded withglass mosaic in Italian interlacing patterns. From theinner side, and the lower part of the outside, which arewithin reach, the mosaic has mostly been picked out,but enough remains to make this the most splendid tombin the Abbey. On the top lies the bronze effigy ofthe king, diapered and gilt, not a full figure in theround, but flattened at the back in the manner of ahigh relief. The figure is beautiful, a magnificent con-vention, for it is difficult to believe
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