The Temple church . INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE !>>*<xijgj^ CHAPTER II. THE TEMPLE CHURCH. The restoration of the Temple Church—The beauty and magnificence of the venerable building—The various styles of architecture displayed in it—The discoveries made during the recentrestoration—The almeries or sacramental niches—The sacrarium—The tesselatcd pavement—The painted ceiling—The marble columns—The stained windows—The marble piscina—The portraiis of the kings—The penitential cell—The ancient Chapel of St. Anne—Historicalmatters connected with the Temple Church—The holy relics ancient
The Temple church . INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE !>>*<xijgj^ CHAPTER II. THE TEMPLE CHURCH. The restoration of the Temple Church—The beauty and magnificence of the venerable building—The various styles of architecture displayed in it—The discoveries made during the recentrestoration—The almeries or sacramental niches—The sacrarium—The tesselatcd pavement—The painted ceiling—The marble columns—The stained windows—The marble piscina—The portraiis of the kings—The penitential cell—The ancient Chapel of St. Anne—Historicalmatters connected with the Temple Church—The holy relics anciently preserved therein—The interesting monumental remains. If a day Bhould come when pew lumber, preposterous organ cases, and pagan altar screensare declared to be unfashionable, no religious building, stript of such nuisances, would comemore fair to the sight, or give more general satisfaction to the antiquary, than the chaste andbeautiful Temple Church.—Gentlemans Magazine for May, 1808, p. miJ7. It has happily b
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