 | Walter Farquhar Hook - Bishops - 1884 - 792 pages
...coffins of the saints, and bore their relics to Richard. the vestiarium. Then, having removed the cloths, in which they " had been wrapped, and which were half...wooden chests, covered within and without, with lead. The chests thus lead-covered and strongly bound with iron, were enclosed in stone-work that was again... | |
 | Hartley Withers - Cathedrals - 1897 - 168 pages
...vestiariuin. Then, having removed the cloths in which they had been wrapped, and which were half-consumed from age and rottenness, they covered them with other...lead-covered, and strongly bound with iron, were inclosed in stone-work that was consolidated with melted THE CHOIR BEFORE RESTORATION. . 62. lead." This translation... | |
 | James Charles Wall - Christian saints - 1905 - 332 pages
...which the stone coffins of the saints were opened and their relics borne to the vestry and deposited in wooden chests, covered within and without with...thus lead-covered and strongly bound with iron, were carried to the new choir, where they were enclosed in stonework which was consolidated with melted... | |
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The monks and servants of the church therefore, in obedience to the Prior's commands, took the structure to pieces, opened the stone coffins of the saints, and bore their relics to the vestiarium. Then, having removed the cloths in which they had been... 