Beauties of continental architecture

Coney, John

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Persistent identifier:: 1460979038851

Title:: Beauties of continental architecture

Sub title:: in a series of views of ancient cathedrals and other remarkable public buildings, in France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy

Artist/Illustrator:: Coney, John

Publisher:: M. A. Nattali

Place of publication:: London

Year of publication:: 1843

Language:: english; french

Structure type:: Monograph

Owning institution:: Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Physical location:: Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Shelfmark:: 1Kc 1099

License:: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/deed.de

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Title:: The Clock Tower, at Mons

Structure type:: Chapter

THE CLOCK TOWER, AT MONS. Mons, (Montes Hannonice) a handsome and strong city of Belgium, formerly the capital of the County of Hainault, is situated upon a hill, on the banks of the little river Trulle. By the inhabitants of the county it is called Bergen; it is large and well fortified, and has a good citadel and many handsome buildings. Mons is celebrated for its commerce, its good workmen, and its religious establishments, especially the Abbey of Canonesses of Saint Waltrude, Duchess of Lorraine. When Saint Waltrude retired to this spot it was desert and uninhabited ; it was called the Mountain of Castrilloc : Hidulphe, a relation of the Saint, built only a cell with a chapel for her; to this spot several young ladies followed her, to live in poverty and retirement; but Saint Waltrude having caused a magnificent Abbey to be erected, instituted the order of Canonesses, to whom she added a few Canons, but merely to manage the affairs of the establishment. The Canonesses were obliged to make proof of their nobility, and were in fact always of the most distinguished families in the country. In the morning they attended divine service in ecclesiastical habits, but wore a secular habit the rest of the day; they were also at liberty to quit their establishment to marry. Saint Waltrude gave to the superior the title of Abbess, and endowed the Abbey with great possessions in Hainault, Brabant, &c. with the jurisdiction, both civil and ecclesiastical, so that this institution became very rich and powerful, and the dignity of the Abbess was so considerable, that she who was invested with it had the right to put the Count of Hainault in possession of the County.

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