Excerpt: ...Joan of Navarre; and here, too, came Philip of Spain and Henry VIII's sad daughter, Mary of England, to be wedded before the high altar, the chair on which the royal bride sat being still shown to visitors. For the architectural student the plan of the cathedral is not the least interesting feature of the building, for although it has an ambulatory which is semicircular internally, the plan is in other respects rather exceptional. It is what architects call a periapsidal plan, meaning that its eastern ...
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Excerpt: ...Joan of Navarre; and here, too, came Philip of Spain and Henry VIII's sad daughter, Mary of England, to be wedded before the high altar, the chair on which the royal bride sat being still shown to visitors. For the architectural student the plan of the cathedral is not the least interesting feature of the building, for although it has an ambulatory which is semicircular internally, the plan is in other respects rather exceptional. It is what architects call a periapsidal plan, meaning that its eastern termination contains a processional aisle or ambulatory, designed mainly for the purpose of allowing a procession to pass round the high altar without entering the presbytery. In the crypt of Winchester Cathedral the plan of the early Norman church may be seen sui generis. A rather exceptional feature is that the eastern ambulatory is semicircular within but rectangular without, although the long chapel that projects from this ambulatory has an apsidal, not a rectangular, termination. To the receptive mind all our ancient cathedrals, and a few of our modern ones, possess a subtle atmosphere of their own, indescribable but plainly felt, both within and without their walls. In such an atmosphere we lose sight of the Winchester of to-day. It becomes ancient, ecclesiastical, historical, learned, and romantic. Here we return in imagination to the scenes of the Middle Ages, when love was attested by chivalrous deeds of arms done in honour of bright eyes, and poetry sounded its lyre in praise of him who had been most devoted to his Church, most faithful to his mistress, and most loyal to his king. As a whole, this Cathedral of Winchester is a vast building, simple almost to a fault, yet one that possesses a solemn repose unspeakably restful to mind and spirit
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Illustrated by E. W. Haslehust Illustrated. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket; Bookplate fep, eps foxing. DJ some rubbing, edge tear. Nice color paintings of Winchester scenes. Part of the Beautiful England series.; octavo; 64 pages pages.
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Good. Hardcover with DJ. No date found.....c.1950. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows edge wear with rubbing/light soiling.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good, Very good. Book Square 8vo. 64 pp. Beautiful England series. 12 charming color plates by E.W. Haslehust + b/w plan of Winchester Cathedral. Paper-covered boards/pictorial label front cover, spine cover missing/cover soiled, scuffed, worn, few pages light foxing; margins, including some plates, lightly tanned, fair, contents very good-; no dust jacket.
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