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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Purbeck

(Dorsetshire). Noted for a marble used in ecclesiastical ornaments. Chichester cathedral has a row of columns of this limestone. The columns of the Temple church, London; the tomb of Queen Eleanor, in Westminster Abbey; and the throne of the archbishop in Canterbury cathedral, are other specimens.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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