Reading Abbey. Within a circle, fourteen carvings from the Inner Gateway following its restoration in 1900. At the top is the head of Christ, with a halo; below are the heads of the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist, also with halos; below them are the heads of King Henry I and Queen Maud. Around the outside of the circle are the heads of a burgess, the wife of a burgess, a Benedictine monk, a Benedictine nun, a mitred abbot, a Knight Templar, a pilgrim, a man of law, and a griffin. 1900-1909: photograph mounted on card with the caption, "Souvenir of the restoration of the Abbey Gateway, Reading, 1900."
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black and white photograph ; 25 x 25 cm.
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