THE GATE OF REMEMBRANCE
THE GATE OF REMEMBRANCE
A series of Seven Musical Impressions for
the Pianoforte, by the English composer
CARLYON DE LYLE,
based upon episodes in the life of Johannes,
the monk of Glastonbury, as given in the
well-known book of the same name, being
"MAGNUS ALBUM," No. 37
Published by SWAN & CO., 312, Regent Street,
London, W.
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Price 2s. net
First edition, February, 1918
Second edition, July, 1918
Third edition, March, 1920
GLASTONBURY ABBEY.
View from the site of the north transept, looking towards the Quire.
Frontispiece to Part I.
THE GATE OF
REMEMBRANCE
THE STORY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE EDGAR CHAPEL AT GLASTONBURY
BY
FREDERICK BLIGH BOND, F.R.I.B.A.
DIRECTOR OF EXCAVATIONS AT GLASTONBURY ABBEY
AUTHOR OF "THE ARCHITECTURAL HANDBOOK OF GLASTONBURY ABBEY"
THIRD EDITION
WITH A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF THE
LORETTO CHAPEL IN 1919
BOSTON
MARSHALL JONES COMPANY
1920
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
ARCHITECTURAL HANDBOOK OF
GLASTONBURY ABBEY. (Reprinting.)
The Glastonbury Press: Glastonbury. 4s. Net
THE HILL OF VISION.
A Forecast of the Great War, withsubsequent events, gathered from automaticwritings.
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PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
Two problems in the script have engaged the seriousattention of critics. The first and simpler of the twois that which is involved in the language and literaryform of the messages. This is a curious patchwork ofLow Latin, Middle English of mixed periods, andModern English of varied style and diction. It is amosaic of multi-coloured fragments cemented togetherin a strangely random fashion. This anomaly is themore remarkable from the contrast it presents to thesustained and consistent burden of the script itself,which, as though in