Compound letters, 800 AD Woodline Interior view of Apsley House

Interior view of Apsley House

for its light and efficient construction as well as its body design

Comte de Bournon FRS (1751-1825) in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions

Despite sporadic efforts to cleanse the capital's river

was a lawyer and judge who served as Master of the Rolls from 1603 until 1611

Compound letters, 800 AD Woodline Interior view of Apsley HouseCompound letters, 800 AD, (20th century). A 20th century copy of the illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around AD 800. Illustration from The Book of Kells, described by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart, 4th edition, published in London in about 1920.