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 Screen of Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey

Description: A portrait of a stone screen, built in the mid-15th century, that depicts fourteen scenes which are representative of the life of Edward the Confessor (1003-1066), who was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England who, during his reign, completed the construction of Westminster Abbey (originally called St. Peter’s Abbey). 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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