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by that expression than the nave or body, as
distinguished from the side-aisles. It plainly
appears then, that this, which was one of the
first erected Saxon churches, consisted of a
nave and two side-aisles; but how a church
of that form could have been supported with-
out pillars and arches of stone, is not casj^ to
conceive; the very terms indeed seem neces-
sarily to imply it. The same remark may be
extended and applied to St. Peter's church
at York ; which was a spacious and magni-
ficent fabric of stone, founded A. D. 627, by
king Edwin, soon after he was baptized6.
For that it had such porticos within, appears
from Bede's relation of tire death of king
Edwin, who was killed in battle, A. D. 633.
" His head," says he, " was brought to York,
and afterwards carried into the church of the
blessed apostle St. Peter, and deposited in
St. Gregory's portico V'
e " Mox ut baptisma coiisecutus est (iEdwinus) majorem
et augustiorem de Japide fabricare curavit basilicam." Bed*
Hist. Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 14.
f " Adlatum est caput JEdwioi regis Eburacum, et ir.latum
postea in ecclesiam B. apostoli Petri—positum est in portieu
S. Papas Gregorii." Bedae Hist. Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 20.—Mr
Collier cites this passage from Bede, and seems to toe
adopted the common error of taking portions for a buiiuing
i.x iihoui-side the church; and thence falsely infers, that it was
not the custom of that age to bury within-side. ^ " ^'jn'§
Edwin's head (says he) was deposited in St. Gregory's Por™>
from whence we may probably conclude, and his chiMien
before mentioned, who are said" to have been buried in l'<•
by that expression than the nave or body, as
distinguished from the side-aisles. It plainly
appears then, that this, which was one of the
first erected Saxon churches, consisted of a
nave and two side-aisles; but how a church
of that form could have been supported with-
out pillars and arches of stone, is not casj^ to
conceive; the very terms indeed seem neces-
sarily to imply it. The same remark may be
extended and applied to St. Peter's church
at York ; which was a spacious and magni-
ficent fabric of stone, founded A. D. 627, by
king Edwin, soon after he was baptized6.
For that it had such porticos within, appears
from Bede's relation of tire death of king
Edwin, who was killed in battle, A. D. 633.
" His head," says he, " was brought to York,
and afterwards carried into the church of the
blessed apostle St. Peter, and deposited in
St. Gregory's portico V'
e " Mox ut baptisma coiisecutus est (iEdwinus) majorem
et augustiorem de Japide fabricare curavit basilicam." Bed*
Hist. Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 14.
f " Adlatum est caput JEdwioi regis Eburacum, et ir.latum
postea in ecclesiam B. apostoli Petri—positum est in portieu
S. Papas Gregorii." Bedae Hist. Eccl. lib. ii. cap. 20.—Mr
Collier cites this passage from Bede, and seems to toe
adopted the common error of taking portions for a buiiuing
i.x iihoui-side the church; and thence falsely infers, that it was
not the custom of that age to bury within-side. ^ " ^'jn'§
Edwin's head (says he) was deposited in St. Gregory's Por™>
from whence we may probably conclude, and his chiMien
before mentioned, who are said" to have been buried in l'<•