Note 114 — Chapter III · THE ORIGIN OF SAXON ARCHITECTURE (A SUGGESTION) BY THE REV. W. MILES BARNES[101]
Reading edition
Alcuin (lib. v. 1488) describes the appointments of the Saxon church at York, which were on a scale of great magnificence. There were two altars covered with plates of gold and silver, and a profusion of gems; the tapestries were of the richest, and the walls of the sanctuary were adorned with foreign paintings.