RIEVAULX ABBEY. 



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in what has been denominated the corbel style ; 

 while in the latter they are prominent in the narrow 

 lancet shaped windows ; and in the quarter adorn- 

 ments which distinguish its eastern side. Another 

 peculiarity in this building is, that the church is 

 carried to the height of three stories : this has con- 

 tributed much to its lightness and beauty. This 

 abbey no doubt was enriched by numerous speci- 

 mens of painted glass ; a very rare and costly em- 

 bellishment in the twelfth century. 



Aelred, the third abbot of Rievaulx, wrote a 

 chronicle, beginning with the creation, and ending 

 with Henry I, He also wrote the life of David, 

 king of Scotland, and other works, and died in. 

 J167, 



Beneath is seen the representation of part of a 

 tesserae, which was found in this abbey, (and 

 formed part of a tesselated pavement,) in 1821, as 

 workmen were clearing away rubbish, 



These letters seem to have been part of the sentence 

 fl Ave Maria gratia plena ;" but as only Ave Maria gr 

 Appears upon the tesserae, it must have joined with. 



