The Gate of Remembrance: The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at GlastonburyBond, Frederick Bligh
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The Gate of Remembrance: The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury
Bond, Frederick Bligh
Glastonbury Abbey -- Miscellanea; Parapsychology and archaeology -- England -- Glastonbury -- Case studies; Spirit writings
Passus (paces), 68, 69
(_a_) Mediæval, of 1 foot 7·44 inches (or 1·62 feet)
(_b_) Romano-British, of 2 feet 4-1/4 inches _circa_
NOTE.--The Greek and Roman foot, on which the last is founded,
appears in these islands in early monuments such as Stonehenge, as
well as in mediæval work. It varies from about 11·52 to 11·74
inches (see Flinders Petrie's _Inductive Metrology_, p. 109 for
English mediæval units; p. 118, Stonehenge (11·54 inches); p. 138,
Rome and Mediæval England (11·52 to 11·74 inches); also synoptic
table, p. 142_a_; England 11·6, England, Italy, and Roman Colonies,
11·525 to 11·68 inches).
Patellae (plaques), in Loretto Chapel, 135, II. _h_
Phædrus (Phocis), voyage of, 103
Pilgrims' processions, 88, 91 Way, 125
Pillars over buttresses (Loretto Chapel), 135, _h_
Polygonal apse, plan published before discovery, 61
foundations discovered, 62, 64 (Fig. 6)
Ponds of abbey, 146
Portus introitus (door in east wall of Edgar Chapel), 35, 53
(door to Loretto Chapel), 126 (west door); 129, I. _e_, _g_;
133, II. _d_; 139, III. _e_, _f_
Priests' houses, 146
Prior's Chapel, 147
Lodgings, 66, 67
Processional path and doors, 56, 58, 65
R
Radulphus (Ralph), FitzStephen, chancellor, and builder of the Abbey
Church, 91, 106, 108
FitzHamon (Norman knight, _temp._ Turstin, 1089 _circa_), 108
Rebus of Abbot Bere, 100
Refectorium, 67, 68
cellars of, 66
misericorde, 96
Reginaldus (_ob._ 1214), 46, 58
Bishop of Wells (twelfth century), 46
Relics, where kept, 144
Ribs of vault to Loretto, carved with fruit and flowers, 141, _b_; 142
Richard de Tantonia (architect of Edgar Chapel), 67
Robert (_anno_ 1334), 48
Rolf, Monachus, 35, 38
S
Saint Andrew, Chapel of, 51
guild of, 100
Bridget, 46
Benedict (or Benignus), 98
Church of, 100
Edgar (King), 35, 44
John's Gate, 127, 144
Mary, Chapel of (see Chapel), 41, 51, 56, etc.
Michael in the graveyard (burial place of Johannes), 97
Patrick, 46
Thomas of Canterbury (site of his Chapel), 114
Schola, the (the Abbey School), 68
Screen, the great (on which was the Quire Organ), 89
behind altar and reredos, 65
Screens in Guest Hall, 90, 91
Script, notes on, 26
errors in, 26-30, 68, 69
"Latin" in, 31
Scriptorium of Abbey, 68
Somerset, Lord, 66
Somerton, Eanwulf, Earl of, 106
Squares (symbolic) in sacred geometry on floor of Lady Chapel, 148, 150
general system of in plan of monastery, 148_a_ (Fig. 12)
Stables of Abbey (near Guest Hall), 67
Stairway to Edgar Chapel, 43
Steps in marble to Edgar Chapel, 43
four or six from Loretto to the transept aisle, 126
four from St. Mary's Garth to the Relics Chapel, 144
four from aisle up to transept, 146, 151
from "vetusta ecclesia" to Ina's Church, 56
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