Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches - Archivolt Definition

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Archivolt

Concentric bands of moulding on a classical arch. These are often most profuse on Romanesque churches, or on later large church doorways.

Related: Arch   Romanesque  




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This notorious favourite of Edward II was created the Earl of Cornwall and Keeper of the Realm



14 May, 1219

Death of William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke

Marshall was widely regarded as the ideal of a medieval knight; he ruled England during Henry III's minority

This monarch dissolved all the monasteries in his realm as part of a split from the Catholic church in Rome



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