The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest G. P. Putnam's sons, 1924 - 1088 pages |
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... CHAPEL : THE ' PRENTICE Pillar Photo : Valentine FORTH BRIDGE Photochrom 407 • 407 · 410 410 • 411 · 411 414 • 415 • 415 418 · 419 • 419 FACING PAGE MELROSE ABBEY Photochrom GLASGOW : GEORGE SQUARE Photochrom Illustrations XV.
... CHAPEL : THE ' PRENTICE Pillar Photo : Valentine FORTH BRIDGE Photochrom 407 • 407 · 410 410 • 411 · 411 414 • 415 • 415 418 · 419 • 419 FACING PAGE MELROSE ABBEY Photochrom GLASGOW : GEORGE SQUARE Photochrom Illustrations XV.
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... chapel some relics of the Crown of Thorns and a nail from Christ's Cross . There are an unfinished Cathedral , begun in 1895 , and a superb collection of old armour . Otherwise there is little except the Prado Museum , which attracts ...
... chapel some relics of the Crown of Thorns and a nail from Christ's Cross . There are an unfinished Cathedral , begun in 1895 , and a superb collection of old armour . Otherwise there is little except the Prado Museum , which attracts ...
Page 259
... chapels is the figure of Christ , possibly carved by Nicodemus after he helped to bury the Redeemer . It was found inside a box floating at sea and is admirably modelled with perfect anatomy , and a haunting expression of pain . The ...
... chapels is the figure of Christ , possibly carved by Nicodemus after he helped to bury the Redeemer . It was found inside a box floating at sea and is admirably modelled with perfect anatomy , and a haunting expression of pain . The ...
Page 287
... chapel . At Mequinez there is an ostrich farm , which has been in existence for 200 years . It owes its origin to a couple of birds offered to a Moorish ruler by an Arab from the south . They were let loose in the neighbouring prairies ...
... chapel . At Mequinez there is an ostrich farm , which has been in existence for 200 years . It owes its origin to a couple of birds offered to a Moorish ruler by an Arab from the south . They were let loose in the neighbouring prairies ...
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... chapel - tombs . It thrives upon the Buonaparte leg- end . Its streets are named after Buonaparte and members of his family . There is an ugly statue of Napoleon in a Roman toga near the landing - place , and his colossal equestrian ...
... chapel - tombs . It thrives upon the Buonaparte leg- end . Its streets are named after Buonaparte and members of his family . There is an ugly statue of Napoleon in a Roman toga near the landing - place , and his colossal equestrian ...
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