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 Monumental City.Monumental Figures. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Monumental Effigies.
 
In the age of chivalry the woman in monumental brasses and effigies is placed on the man’s right hand; but when chivalry declined she was placed on his left hand.   1
 


 Monumental City.Monumental Figures. 

 
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