Winchester
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Winchester is a book described by Sidney Heath and pictured by E.W. Haslehust. The list of illustrations includes The Close Gate, The City Bridge and The Butter Cross. The text says there is ample evidence that Winchester was a British city (Caer-Gwent), and the Venta Belgarum of Roman days. A passage says that with the taking of the town by the Saxons in 495 it became known as Wintanceastre.
A passage on the plan of the cathedral says architects call it a periapsidal plan, meaning that its eastern termination contains a processional aisle or ambulatory. Another passage says the east end is Norman, the bay next the transepts Transition Norman, while the west end is Early English. The text names Birinus, the apostle of Wessex, who came hither in 634.
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- Sidney Heath
- Pages
- 44
- Language
- English
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- European History
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