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Plan of a Design for a Chapel

John Wilkes, of Milland House1810/1829

Library of Virginia

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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