Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, With Historical and Descriptive Accounts by T. Moule
Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, With Historical and Descriptive Accounts by T. Moule
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...in Yorkshire, has a chapel beyond the choir, similar to this in situation and form. It is in this chapel that the members of the university assemble for morning prayers. Durham Cathedral has no crypt nor any ancient monuments of any great magnificence; there are some grave-stones of bishops, the tombs ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...in Yorkshire, has a chapel beyond the choir, similar to this in situation and form. It is in this chapel that the members of the university assemble for morning prayers. Durham Cathedral has no crypt nor any ancient monuments of any great magnificence; there are some grave-stones of bishops, the tombs of Ralph Lord Neville and his son John, and that of Bishop Hatfield underneath his throne; and in the galilee is an altar tomb which once supported the shrine of Venerable Bede. The fontis remarkable for its canopy, which is octagonal, and though modernised, has much of its original work remaining. It rises to a great height, and is composed of a multitude of smaller canopies and pinnacles, richly crocketed and set one above another. The balus trade around the font itself is mean aud incongruous to the last degree. The cloisters are on the south side of the nave, and are ceiled with wood, flat, and in square compartments. The windows and detail are all of the perpendicular period; in the centre of the square formed by the four walks of the cloister, are the remains of the laver or conduit, once a beautiful octangular structure. The dimensions of this Cathedral are as follows: --Extreme internal length from east to west, including the chapel of the Nine Altars and galilee, 510 feet; of the transept, from north to south, 170 feet; of Nine Alars chapel, in the same direction, 135 feet; breadth of nave and its aisles, 80; of the choir with ditto, the same; breadth of transept, with its aisle, 62 feet; height of nave and choir, 69 feet 6 inches; of the western towers, 138 feet, and of the great central tower, 214 feet. This Cathedral was dedicated to St. Cuthbert, but King Henry VIII. named it the Cathedral Church of Christ and the blessed Virgin, .
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