 | Thomas Nichols - 1870 - 494 pages
...five days," reports Guichard, these knightsbuilders. " having laid bare a great space one afternoon, saw an opening as into a cellar. Taking a candle,...antechamber, where was a sepulchre with its vase and helmet of white marble, very beautiful, and of marvellous lustre. This sepulchre, for want of time, they did... | |
 | Thomas Nichols (of the British museum.) - 1870 - 494 pages
...capitals, architrave, frieze, and cornices, engraved and sculptured in half-relief. The space batween the columns was lined with slabs and bands of marbles...antechamber, where was a sepulchre with its vase and helmet of white marble, very beautiful, and of marvellous lustre. This sepulchre, for want of time, they did... | |
 | Thomas Nichols - 1870 - 494 pages
...entertained their fancy with the singularity of the sculpture, they pulled it to pieces, and broke up ihe whole of it, applying it to the same -purpose as the...antechamber, where was a sepulchre with its vase and helmet of white marble, very beautiful, and of marvellous lustre. This sepulchre, for want of time, they did... | |
 | William Smith - Art, Classical - 1891 - 1088 pages
...sculpture, according to Guichard, was broken up and destroyed by the Knights. He goes on to narrate how, *' besides this apartment, they found afterwards a very...and helmet (tymbre) of white marble, very beautiful, of marvellous lustre." They deferred opening this till the next day, retiring to the castle for the... | |
 | William Smith - Art, Classical - 1891 - 1124 pages
...sculpture, according to Guichard, was broken up and destroyed by the Knights. He goes on to narrate how, " besides this apartment, they found afterwards a very...antechamber, where was a sepulchre with its vase and helmet (tymhre) of white marble, very beautiful, of marvellous lustre." They deferred opening this till the... | |
 | Percy Gardner - Funeral rites and ceremonies - 1896 - 352 pages
...in harmony with the rest of the work, and inserted in the white ground of the wall, where deeds and battle-scenes were represented sculptured in relief....a very low door, which led into another apartment, like an ante-chamber, where was a tomb, with its urn and its cover (lymbre) of white marble, very beautiful... | |
 | 1904 - 462 pages
...enriched with marbles, reliefs and colouring, which they demolished for the purposes of their work. Besides this apartment, they found afterwards "a very low door" which led into another, " where was a sepulchre, with a vase and helmet of white marble, very beautiful, of marvellous lustre."... | |
 | Edgar James Banks - Curiosities and wonders - 1916 - 276 pages
...sculpture, they pulled it to pieces, and broke up the whole of it, applying it to the same purposes as the rest. Besides this apartment, they found afterwards...antechamber, where was a sepulchre, with its vase and helmet, of white marble, very beautiful, and of marvellous lustre. This sepulchre, for want of time, they did... | |
 | Archaeology - 1917 - 408 pages
...of it, applying it to the same purposes as the rest." "Besides this apartment, they found afterward a very low door, which led into another apartment,...antechamber, where was a sepulchre with its vase and helmet of white marble, very beautiful, and of marvelous lustre. This sepulchre, for want of time, they did... | |
 | 1862 - 620 pages
...to pieces and broke it up, in order to apply it to the same purpose as the rest. Besides this hall they found afterwards a very low door, which led into another apartment, serving as & kind of antechamber, where was a sepulchre with its vase and helmet of white marble, very beautiful... | |
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... sculptures, in harmony with the rest of the work, and inserted in the white ground of the wall, where battle-scenes were represented sculptured in relief. Having at first admired these works, and entertained their fancy with the singularity of the... 