 Taylor says, that in day* of yore, when a church was to be built, they watched and prayed on the vigil of the dedication, and took that point of the horizon where the sun arose for the east, which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except those...  Symbolism of the East and West - Page 32by Harriet Georgiana Maria Manners-Sutton Murray-Aynsley - 1900 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1793 - 430 pages
...true, except thole b'.iiit between the two tquiiioxes, I have experimented Tome thurchts, and hsvc . found the line to point to that part of the horizon where the lu:> riles on the day of thit Saint to whom the church was dedicated, In Scotland, efpecially among... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...east, which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and have found...part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that Saint to whom the church is dedicated. In Scotland, especially among the Highlanders, the women... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...stand tr.ue, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and hare found the line to point to that part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that Saint to whom the church is dedicated. In Scotland, especially among the Highlanders, the women... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...•which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and have found...part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that saint to whom the church was dedicated. Before the wake, or feast of the dedication of the church,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...east, which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and have found the line to point 10 that part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that saint to whom the church was dedicated.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...variation that so few stand true, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented [with] some churches, and have found the line to point to...part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that saint to whom the church is dedicated. ' In Scotland, especially among the Highlanders, the women... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 924 pages
...east, which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and have found...part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that saint to whom the church was dedicated. Before the wake, or feast of the dedication of the church,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...east, which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except thosa built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and have found...to point to that part of the horizon where the sun rues OD the day of that saint to whom the church was dedicated. Before the wake, or feast of the dedication... | |
 | William Hone - Great Britain - 1838 - 890 pages
...east, which makes that variation, so that few stand true, except those built between the two equinoxes. I have experimented some churches, and have found...part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that saint to whom the church was dedicated. Before the wake, or feast of the dedication of the church,... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1841 - 356 pages
...makes that variation, so that few (Churches) stand true except those huilt hetween the two equinoxes. 1 have experimented some Churches, and have found the...part of the horizon where the sun rises on the day of that Saint to whom the church is dedicated.'' In the Introduction to the Survey of North Wiltshire,... | |
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