The Chapel of the Pyx, (1881). Creator: Unknown
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The Chapel of the Pyx, (1881). Creator: Unknown
The Chapel of the Pyx, (1881). The Pyx Chamber, one of the oldest surviving parts of Westminster Abbey in London. It was built c1070 and made into a treasury in the 13th century. The word Pyx comes from wooden boxes in which silver and gold pieces were kept secure before the Trial of the Pyx - the melting down of measured silver content in order to show that the coinage was pure. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. London, Paris & New York, 1881]
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