Excerpt from An Introduction to English Church Architecture From the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Century, Vol. 2
Churches with Apsidal Chevets I 13 Carthusian Planning Churches with Rectangular Chevets 138 Planning of Friars' Churches Cistercian Planning r 58 Planning of Templars and Hospitallers.
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