The Ruined abbeys of Britain

Description:

A lovely two volume title combining textural descriptions of twelve of Britain's most beautiful and haunting monastic ruins with exquisite colour plates by A.F. Lytton. A wonderful, decorative Victorian binding makes this a most attractive, as well as a most interesting work.

subjects: Abbeys,  Benedictine,  Cistercian,  English monasteries,  Ruined buildings,  monastic ruins,  pre-dissolution England,  Lost architecture,  Church architecture,  Medieval Architecture,  Monasticism and religious orders,  History

Places: Fountains,  Great Britain,  Melrose,  Rievaulx,  Tintern

Times: 11th c.-16th c.,  Pre-dissolution England