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The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
of the river and almost all the ford under Avater with sharp stakes : the remains of these are to be seen to this day , apparently about the thickness of a man ' s thigh , and being cased with lead remain fixed immovably at the bottom of the river . " Other items of the usages in building appear under the date
A . D . 429 . It is mentioned that a fire * having broken out in a cottage "burned down the other houses which were thatched with reed . " Again , f a fire , " the sparks AOAV up and caught the top of the house , which being made of Avattles and thatch , was presently in a flame . " " The house was consequently burnt down , only that part on which
the earth J hung remained entire and untouched . " St . Ceadda , who died A . D . 672 , was § entombed in " a wooden monument , made like a little house , covered , having a hole in the Avail , through Avhich those that go thither for devotion usually put in their hand , aiid take out some of the dust . " But stone coffins are
also mentioned A . D . 694 and 660 . || In the letter of Pope Gregory , A . D . 601 , in writing of the temples of Idols , it is said that they should be converted to Christian service , if they are " Avell built , " and that then , near them the people "may build themselves huts of the boughs of trees . " ^[ Wooden Churches are mentioned . The Church ** of St . Peter at
York was built (" which he himself had built ' ) by King Edwin " of timber [ de ligno ] , in A . D . 627 , " whilst he was catechising and instructing in order to receive baptism . "ff The church also built by this King at Campodunum is burnt by the Pagans . " But the altar , being of stone , escaped the fire . "JJ A . D . 651 , St . Aldan having leaned
against a post placed on the outside of a church to strengthen the wall , when this church is three times burnt down , the post is saved . §§ St . Aidan was on his death succeeded by Finan , who built a church at " Lindisfarne , the episcopal see ; nevertheless , after the manner of the Scots , he made it , not of stone , but of hewn oak , and covered it with
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Legend Of The Introduction Of Masons Into England.
of the river and almost all the ford under Avater with sharp stakes : the remains of these are to be seen to this day , apparently about the thickness of a man ' s thigh , and being cased with lead remain fixed immovably at the bottom of the river . " Other items of the usages in building appear under the date
A . D . 429 . It is mentioned that a fire * having broken out in a cottage "burned down the other houses which were thatched with reed . " Again , f a fire , " the sparks AOAV up and caught the top of the house , which being made of Avattles and thatch , was presently in a flame . " " The house was consequently burnt down , only that part on which
the earth J hung remained entire and untouched . " St . Ceadda , who died A . D . 672 , was § entombed in " a wooden monument , made like a little house , covered , having a hole in the Avail , through Avhich those that go thither for devotion usually put in their hand , aiid take out some of the dust . " But stone coffins are
also mentioned A . D . 694 and 660 . || In the letter of Pope Gregory , A . D . 601 , in writing of the temples of Idols , it is said that they should be converted to Christian service , if they are " Avell built , " and that then , near them the people "may build themselves huts of the boughs of trees . " ^[ Wooden Churches are mentioned . The Church ** of St . Peter at
York was built (" which he himself had built ' ) by King Edwin " of timber [ de ligno ] , in A . D . 627 , " whilst he was catechising and instructing in order to receive baptism . "ff The church also built by this King at Campodunum is burnt by the Pagans . " But the altar , being of stone , escaped the fire . "JJ A . D . 651 , St . Aldan having leaned
against a post placed on the outside of a church to strengthen the wall , when this church is three times burnt down , the post is saved . §§ St . Aidan was on his death succeeded by Finan , who built a church at " Lindisfarne , the episcopal see ; nevertheless , after the manner of the Scots , he made it , not of stone , but of hewn oak , and covered it with