Category: History - British
This little book is offered to the tourist in the most modest spirit and with the hope that in this convenient form some gleanings from the works of specialists may afford help and pleasure to those who run quickly through the Cathedral towns of England. The subject has been d...
The =Chapel of the Holy Trinity= (or that of =St. Thomas=) occupies the central portion of the Retro-Choir between the piers formed by double columns. In the old Chapel of the T...
22. Part 22Here they built a stone chapel to protect the body; and Bishop Aldhun soon began a great church. This “White Church” was consecrated in 999. Aldhun died in 1018. The next import...
16. Part 16“existed for more than eight centuries under different forms, in poverty and in wealth, in meanness and in magnificence, in misfortune and success, finally succumbed to the roya...
15. Part 15“The transoms, features which were repeated in the windows of the aisles of the choir, and in a much heavier form in the windows of the nave, are additionally strengthened by th...
19. Part 19In the centre of the choir in front of the altar steps stands the =Tomb of King John=. When John died in the Castle of Newark in 1216, his body was brought to Worcester Cathedra...
27. Part 27“The stalls are in two rows, the upper of 62 seats, and the lower of 46; the former number has now been increased by six and the latter by two. The upper stalls have elaborate t...
29. Part 29“Now the windows of this church were very fair, being adorned and beautified with several historical passages out of Scripture and ecclesiastical story; such were those in the b...
23. Part 23“The division of the chapel into three bays is effected by two main vaulting arches, which spring on the western side from the piers of the east end of the choir, and on the eas...
36. Part 36“The exquisite carvings of Grinling Gibbons in the stall-work of the choir were not merely in themselves admirable, but in perfect harmony with the character of the architecture...
34. Part 34“The coffer or shrine, which was made for the translation in 1289 (its base being therefore the most ancient monument in the cathedral), was knocked to pieces at the Reformation...
17. Part 17“The Lady-chapel is one of the largest in the kingdom, and is said, at the time of the Dissolution, to have been one of the richest. A great part of it is said to have been gild...
4. Part 4Mounting the steps of the Choir, the pilgrims were then shown the great array of about four hundred relics preserved in ivory, gilt or silver coffers, including the arm of St. G...
32. Part 32Royalty was entertained in the Abbey on many occasions as both guest and prisoner. When the Abbey was consecrated in 1115 by the Archbishop of Rouen, Henry I. and his queen, Mat...
13. Part 13The heads of a king and bishop, projecting from the south side between the fourth and fifth piers, mark the point of change eastward: the masonry of piers, walls and aisle walls...
26. Part 26“The surface or exterior of Lincoln Cathedral presents at least four perfect specimens of the succeeding styles of the first four orders of Gothic architecture. The greater part...
6. Part 6The old Benedictine Convent of Christ’s Church that St. Augustine established grew to be of the utmost importance. Portions of the massive wall by which they were surrounded sti...
25. Part 25“Mr. Winston has pointed out that the earliest Perpendicular glass in the choir is contained in the third window from the east in the south aisle; in the third and fourth window...
8. Part 8“The stalls which extend from the eastern tower-piers to the first pier of the nave, are of oak, as black as ebony, and probably exhibit the very finest woodwork of their date a...
18. Part 18Descending and passing to the corner of the north-east transept we come to =Bishop Stanbery’s Chantry=, a rich example of late Perpendicular, with two windows on the north side....
10. Part 10“The Early English portion, however, terminates with the first story, about eight feet above the roof; the two additional stories and the spire above them date from the reign of...
33. Part 33“Such a precious thing as this jewelled shrine and the still more precious bones within it could not be left for a moment unguarded and unwatched, for stealing relics, when a fa...
11. Part 11“The two statues with shields of arms in niches above the upper row are certainly those of Athelstan and Edward the Confessor, the Saxon king who expelled the Britons from Exete...
31. Part 31“Notwithstanding the cruel mutilation of the sculpture all round this chapel, it can be seen that for perfection of exquisite work there is no building of the size in this count...
37. Part 37“The screen is about thirty feet in height, and extends to the main arcades on either side. Three tiers of canopied niches, ten in each tier, divided down the centre by a Perpen...
35. Part 35“St. Paul’s is often called Classical, or Roman, or Italian; it is not one of these three: it is English Renaissance. It was, too, a distinctly happy thought of Fergusson to sug...
20. Part 20The south side shows the buttresses of the choir; then the turrets of the sacristy with their crocketed pinnacles; and then the =South Transept=, the gable of which contains a b...
28. Part 28The chapel, used as the Consistory Court, follows with two windows facing south and two east. On the east end of the latter, in front of the windows, our eyes are arrested by th...
24. Part 24“Other English cathedrals are more finely placed, several are richer in ornament, one or two have a more delicately varied outline. None are so stately and so magnificent; and t...
14. Part 14At the extreme end of the north-choir-aisle is =Saint Stephen’s Chapel= and at the extreme end of the south-choir-aisle is the corresponding =Saint Catherine’s Chapel=. Both con...
21. Part 21“The Lady-Chapel is of Early English design, and was built about 1266, previous to the present choir. Many alterations were made subsequently, including the removal of the ancie...
2. Part 2The next period--that of the Transition--in which the science of vaulting received great impetus and construction became more elegant and graceful in line, is splendidly exhibit...
9. Part 9About 1859 this spire showed signs of weakness, and underpinning was of no avail. On the 21st of February it inclined slightly to the south-west, then seemed to right itself; an...
12. Part 12“The Tudor work (1485-1519) is exceptional in importance. It includes the north entrance and other late portions of the western screen, two exquisite chapels both built by Bisho...
30. Part 30The monks of Ely educated Edward the Confessor, who had been offered on this altar in infancy by his parents. After he became king he continued his “favourable regard to the pla...
1. Part 1This little book is offered to the tourist in the most modest spirit and with the hope that in this convenient form some gleanings from the works of specialists may afford help...
7. Part 7“The full-length figures, one on each side of the door, symbolising the Church and the Synagogue, were both headless when Mr. Cottingham restored the doorway, between 1825 and 1...
38. Part 38“When we enter St. Edward’s Chapel, or the Chapel of the Kings (_Capella Regum_), we find ourselves in what may fairly be described as the most important part of the Abbey, alik...
39. Part 39Chantry:--Audley, 85, 175, 185-186; Beaufort, 62; Birde, 139; Bubwith, 122; Edington, 54, 162; Fleming, 302, 309; Fox, 62, 85; Gardiner, 62; Henry IV, 22; Henry V, 435; Hungerfo...
3. Part 3“The light and elegant style of vaulting known as fan-tracery, which is peculiar to this style, with its delicate pendants and lace-like ornaments, harmonises finely with the el...
40. Part 40Tower, Central:--Bath, 136-137; Bristol, 140; Carlisle, 228; Chichester, 68, 69; Durham, 235, 238, 244, 268; Ely, 63, 321, 336, 337; Gloucester, 153, 154; Hereford, 175, 177; Li...