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Britain - Photo and History Pages SOUTHERN AND SOUTH WEST ENGLAND Paradoxplace BRITISH ABBEYS AND CATHEDRALS
Chichester Cathedral
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The Countess of Arundel turns towards her husband, Richard Fizalan (the 13th Earl who died in 1376) and holds his hand - a rarely found tomb expression of medieval knightly bonding (though his body language is not very promising) |
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Nearby, the late 1200s tomb of Joan de Vere, daughter of the Earl of Oxford, has lite Spanish style (painted) bass reliefs of mourners on one side (below) - the earliest known example of this in England. |
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