. History and antiquities of the cathedral churches of Great Britain : illustrated with a series of highly-finished engravings, exhibiting general and particular views, ground plans, and all the architectural features and ornaments in the various styles of building used in our ecclesiastical edifices . ~Qsl ?. AaM/ Scimf^nz/.^. ? ? ? ? •:. ? ? ?v IhiATH CATM1 TVUU7W (7 V ntrjnct w Stairtara he 2>ave He Assies T3fo>cUifutJ M±viT ztmctmips D- vinuiii luuhr ihc loner idck is ohiyru) •ansepts R Doortoifte ;try--II Owij 13 Aisles otUf. 14 B? Birds Qupd lb ZlMrj to 15 Bast Brasw 11 edito
. History and antiquities of the cathedral churches of Great Britain : illustrated with a series of highly-finished engravings, exhibiting general and particular views, ground plans, and all the architectural features and ornaments in the various styles of building used in our ecclesiastical edifices . ~Qsl ?. AaM/ Scimf^nz/.^. ? ? ? ? •:. ? ? ?v IhiATH CATM1 TVUU7W (7 V ntrjnct w Stairtara he 2>ave He Assies T3fo>cUifutJ M±viT ztmctmips D- vinuiii luuhr ihc loner idck is ohiyru) •ansepts R Doortoifte ;try--II Owij 13 Aisles otUf. 14 B? Birds Qupd lb ZlMrj to 15 Bast Brasw 11 editor. 15 Testry. HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES CATHEDRAL CHURCH AND SEE Kantraff, ©lamorsansfjir^ J. he desolating hand cf time has swept away all authentic records ofthe first foundation of Landaff cathedral. Tradition ascribes its originto the British king Lucius, about A. D. ISO; and could we found alegitimate conclusion on the dubious data developed by the fatuouslight of Welsh etymology, we should concur in the common the name of the place were really derived from Llan Taffi, i. e. thechurch on the Taff, it would sanction a presumptive argument in favourof its traditional antiquity : but, unfortunately, in the vague and evervarying orthography of the Welsh, the name is nearly as applicableto bishop Teliau1, Tileau, Taleu, &c. as to that of the river Taff, andmay be just as reasonably called the church of Teliau as the church onthe Taff. Nevertheless, it must he admitted that there are several cir-cumstances which contribute to confirm the ancient tradition, parti-cularly the dimensions
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