chapter house
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Like the pillars and stone carvings in the Chapter-house, this building was also painted red and blue, and the track of the paint is still visible in several places.
From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous
He undertook to make, in the Company of S. Zanobi, near the Chapter-house of S. Maria del Fiore, a panel-picture of the Annunciation, which he executed with great labour.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 04 (of 10), Filippino Lippi to Domenico Puligo by De Vere, Gaston du C.
He also painted the Chapter-house in S. Maria Novella, being commissioned by the Prior of the place, who suggested the subject to him.
From Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by De Vere, Gaston du C.
The meeting in the Chapter-house proved stormy from the first.
From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.
It was just at this time that Agnes entered the Chapter-house, as these prisoners were being removed, and John Laurence was brought forward.
From For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary by Petherick, Horace
