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Page 320
... remains except some frescoes found in 1927 in the crypt of St Germain at Auxerre illustrating the life and martyr- dom of St Stephen , which can be dated approximately to the mid - 9th century . These precious remains show a severe and ...
... remains except some frescoes found in 1927 in the crypt of St Germain at Auxerre illustrating the life and martyr- dom of St Stephen , which can be dated approximately to the mid - 9th century . These precious remains show a severe and ...
Page 331
... remains of 12th- century paintings Hardham in Sussex , Kempley in Gloucestershire and Chaldon in Surrey may be men- tioned . Thirteenth - century cycles exist at West Chiltington in Sussex and Capel in Kent . Four- teenth - century remains ...
... remains of 12th- century paintings Hardham in Sussex , Kempley in Gloucestershire and Chaldon in Surrey may be men- tioned . Thirteenth - century cycles exist at West Chiltington in Sussex and Capel in Kent . Four- teenth - century remains ...
Page 503
... remains . It may vary in thickness up to as much as 30 ft ( ten metres ) and is produced wherever the natural rate of decay of organic matter falls below the annual rate of accretion of dead plant remains . Hence factors favouring peat ...
... remains . It may vary in thickness up to as much as 30 ft ( ten metres ) and is produced wherever the natural rate of decay of organic matter falls below the annual rate of accretion of dead plant remains . Hence factors favouring peat ...
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