Book Title: The history of the abbey church of St. Peter's Westminster, : its antiquities and monuments.

Author: Combe, William, 1742-1823

Image Title: The Skreen of Abbot Islip's Chapel & the Entrance to the Chapel of St. Erasmus, Westminster Abbey

Description: Portrait of the entrance to the chapel of St. Erasmus and the chapel of Abbot Islip, both located in Westminster Abbey. St. Erasmus of Formia (d. c. 303), also known as Saint Elmo, was a Christian saint and martyr who is venerated as the patron saint of sailors and abdominal pain. John Islip (1464-1532) was Abbot of Westminster Abbey from 1500 until 1532. Founded in 960 CE, Westminster Abbey is a large Gothic-styled church in England that has been the traditional site for English and, later, British coronation.

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