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Prior Robert had brought altar-cloths in the chest, and with these the trestles were draped.
A Morbid Taste For Bones Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1977
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It isn't cold here, and he can have one of these altar-cloths for blanket, a fancy that ought to please him.
A Morbid Taste For Bones Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1977
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Two altar-cloths, and a vestment of black velvet and crimson satin, embroidered in gold and silver.
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After making this suggestion, Canon Scott Robertson [14] records a mention of the use, at much the same time, of a similarly constituted pattern on some altar-cloths at Westminster Abbey.
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Two altar-cloths of white damask, with flowers of green and gold, 21_s.
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Two altar-cloths, pea-green and white damask, 17_s.
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William Squire by Flaxman; close by is a large picture of King Charles I and two curious specimens of early embroidery are also to be seen; they were once portions of altar-cloths, or of copes.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting
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Tassach, and Essa, and Bitiu; the nuns making the altar-cloths -- viz.,
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"The altar-cloths of one generation become the door-mats of the next."
Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles W. R. Washington Sullivan
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Two altar-cloths of green and white satin, with letters of gold, 58_s.
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