hagioscope
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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 H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
Why pore over them in this selfish manner all alone and at the dead of night when no one can possibly disturb you, or, since you have blocked the hagioscope, even see you?
From Stella Fregelius by Henry Rider Haggard
The chancel is out of centre with the nave, necessitating a large hagioscope on N. An ungainly modern N. aisle needlessly emphasises this lop-sidedness.
From Somerset by G. W. Wade
The hagioscope, or "squint" in this church, and the "leper" window in St. Peter's are interesting relics of the Middle Ages.
From Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Jean F. (Jean Finlay) Terry
The church, which is chiefly late Decorated, has a very good Norman doorway, and a most interesting hagioscope, resembling that of Landewednack, with the difference that the Cury window is a single light.
From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon
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