Gibbons, G.

Japanese: ギボンズ,G. - ぎぼんず
Gibbons, G.

…The total length of the building is 515 feet (about 157 m), slightly smaller than St. Peter's Basilica, but it is the first church of its kind in this period to be designed entirely by a single architect, and it is full of stylistic unity. The interior woodcarvings were done by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1720). The crypt contains the tombs of many famous people, including Nelson, the painter Turner, the Duke of Wellington, and Wren himself. …

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Japanese:

…建物の全長は515フィート(約157m)でサン・ピエトロ大聖堂よりひとまわり小さいが,これだけの規模の教会を1人の建築家がすべて設計した例はこの時代に絶無であり,様式的統一感にあふれている。内部の木彫装飾はギボンズGrinling Gibbons(1648‐1720)の作。クリプト(地下聖堂)にはネルソン,画家ターナー,ウェリントン公,そしてレン自身をはじめ知名人の墓が多い。…

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