The annals of StHelen's, Bishopsgate, London . Ancient Crmts. 37 range of vaulting, the springer to the arched head of the passage, thearched head of the passage on the west side of the double range ofvaulting, elevation of the base, and plan of one of the columns andspringers which support the arched roof. In the plan of the nun-nery are shown the entrances to the crypts by the vaulted passages,one of which was fifty-six feet in extent, looking to the north. Itwill also be observed that the crypt to the north was considerablylarger than that at the southern end of the building.^ * Malcolms Lo
The annals of StHelen's, Bishopsgate, London . Ancient Crmts. 37 range of vaulting, the springer to the arched head of the passage, thearched head of the passage on the west side of the double range ofvaulting, elevation of the base, and plan of one of the columns andspringers which support the arched roof. In the plan of the nun-nery are shown the entrances to the crypts by the vaulted passages,one of which was fifty-six feet in extent, looking to the north. Itwill also be observed that the crypt to the north was considerablylarger than that at the southern end of the building.^ * Malcolms Lond. Eediviv., vol. iii. p. 554. 38 CHAPTER II. ST. HELEN S C H U E C H. There are but few of the ancient structures in London thatconvey any idea of their former solemnity. S. Helens is an ex-ception.* When entering, the tall and graceful Gothic impressesthe beholder with veneration for past times, heightened by thealtar tombs and recumbent figures in the chancel. Some of themost remote memorials are gone, and others mutilated, but thegeneral
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