hagioscope
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A hagioscope opens from this chapel into the chancel, and was discovered accidentally when an arch was being cut on the north wall of the chancel to contain the tomb of Lord Bray.
From Chelsea The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
The former was once the seat of a Benedictine priory founded in the reign of Henry I. The church has a hagioscope and a square Norman font.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
The name hagioscope has been used to describe these oblique openings.
From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney
There are interesting brasses to Luke Garnon, John Cooke and his wife, and a curious squint or hagioscope.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
The hagioscope in the chancel appears as a window in the outer wall.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric
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