Above, a
view of Canterbury Cathedral. At right, a 15th century
depiction of the death of St. Thomas a Becket. Below,
steps leading to the chapel which held Becket's shrine,
worn smooth by the knees of pilgrims.
Sources: Top and bottom
images in J. Keates and
A. Hornak, Canterbury
Cathedral (London:
Summerfield, 1980),
pp. 92-93 and 44.
Center image in Paul
Anbinder, ed., Renaissance
Painting in Manuscripts,
(New York: Hudson Hill,
1983), p. 24.
