...admitted on each side at a narrow door ; there was but little or no light in it, but what proceeded from wax tapers, yielding a most pleasant and odoriferous...shining it is all over, with jewels, gold and silver." Blomfield observes, that a Canon resident always attended at the altar, to receive and take care of...

...of St.Thomas 5 Becket atCanterbury. Foreigners of all nations came hither on pilgrimages. Manykings and queens of England also paid their devotions to...present remains of this once stupendous monastic pile, area portal or west entrance gateway, a richly ornamented lofty arch, sixty feet high, which formed...

...which the pilgrims are admitted on each side at a narrow do.or. There is but little or no lis;ht in it, but what proceeds from wax tapers, yielding a most...In the colloquy entitled Peregrinatio, Erasmus has given a very humourous description of the superstitions practised at this place in his time. In this...

...which the pilgrims are admitted on each side at a narrow door. There is but little or no light in it, but what proceeds from wax tapers, yielding a most...and shining it is all over with jewels, gold, and silTer." In the colloquy entitled Peregrinatio, Erasmus has ijiven a very humourous description of...

...narrow door at each side. There is but little or no light in it, but what proceeds from wax-tapers yielding a most pleasant and odoriferous smell ; but if you look in, you will say it is the seat of the gods, so bright and shining as it is all over with jewel?, gold, and silver.' That...

...which the pilgrims are admitted on each side at a narrow door. There is but little or no light in it but what proceeds from wax tapers, yielding a most...shining it is all over with jewels, gold, and silver." So great was the fame of the idol or image of the Lady of Walsingham, that foreigners of all nations...