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Gloria Jarvis Smith.
Rose in the Martyrdom: Canterbury Cathedral in Story through the Eyes of Latin Visitors.
Published Whitstable: Oyster Press, 2007.
ISBN 1899177175.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound; printed boards, published without a dustjacket.
Printer: not stated.
Size: 148x214x10mm.
Page count: [viii],72pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: inscribed by the author on the front endpaper; this copy has some mild scuffs and marks on the covers; looks ok internally, main text appears to be free of marking.

This item £10.00
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Weight without packaging: 229g.

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Presents an anecdotal tour of the cathedral, based on the author’s fifteen years’ experience as a tour guide for French & Italian tourists. Emphasis not exclusively medieval.

Contents: Well met by sunlight, proud Caen stone; Onset in the cloister; Roses & lilies; Rose in the martyrdom (poem); Legacy of Anselm & Ernulph; Early English gothic in all its purity; Intimacy of St. Gabriel's Chapel; Menagerie of masterpieces to dazzle the eye; Franglais; On their knees in wonder; Becket’s crown; Majesty in St. Anselm's Chapel; Through choir to fan vaulting — the nave; First, look up at Bell Harry; As Adam delves; Water from a spring is sprung; Miscellany.

Illustrations: throughout, colour & monochrome
Maps & plans: no

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