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Plan of a Design for a Chapel
John Wilkes, of Milland House1810/1829
Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States
The term "chapel" originally applied to the shrine in which the kings of France preserved the cape of St. Martin ("capella" is cape in Latin). A chapel came to refer to any dedicated chamber of worship, as distinct from an entire building.
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- Title: Plan of a Design for a Chapel
- Creator: John Wilkes, of Milland House
- Date: 1810/1829
- Location: London, England
- Publisher: Licensed under Creative Commons by Library of Virginia (CCBY)
- Original Source: Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Vol. II
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