Architecture
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2. Chapter 2The Cathedral was commenced, as before stated, in A.D. 1083, by Simeon, in the Norman style; the Choir, with its apse or semicircular end--altered however to a square end before...
3. Chapter 31534. Thomas Goodrich, D.D., a zealous promoter of the Reformation. One of the revisers of the Translation of the New Testament. Lord Chancellor, 1551. Built Gallery of the Palace.
4. Chapter 4has been considerably improved by the removal of a floor which had been inserted just above the lower arches, thus opening it to the great lantern, bringing into view a series o...
5. Chapter 5We now turn our attention to the north aisle, and observe a range of arches similar to those in the south aisle, but with the line of chevron moulding in the eastern bay only; a...
6. Chapter 6When the white and yellow-wash was cleared away from the woodwork of the Octagon and Lantern in 1850, some remnants of ancient colouring were discovered. In the archives of the...
7. Chapter 7The windows of the aisles and triforium were originally three lancet-shaped lights under one arch, but were replaced in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by larger windows...
8. Chapter 8The ornamental portion is curiously executed, but the pinnacles are disproportioned and crowded, presenting a confused and heavy appearance; the vaulted ceiling is rich and elab...
9. Chapter 9While we are on the spot it may be well to observe the burial-ground near us, where lie the remains of generation after generation of former inhabitants of the town. Reader, let...
10. Chapter 10Our attention will next be directed to the Deanery, sometime thought to have been the Refectory, but was more probably the +Guest-hall+ for the entertainment of strangers and ot...
11. Chapter 11At a very early period the Cathedral or Conventual Church contained an organ or organs: this clearly appears from records preserved among the muniments of the Chapter; and at th...
12. Chapter 12THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID; together with the Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, &c., _carefully marked and pointed for chanting_. By the late ROBERT JANES, Orga...