Part 2 — A HANDBOOK TO HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.
Reading edition
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ WITH 15 ILLUSTRATIONS. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1864.
PREFACE.
In preparing the ‘Handbook of Hereford Cathedral,’ besides a careful personal survey, considerable use has been made of a pamphlet on the condition of the building, printed by Professor Willis before the restoration was commenced under Dean Merewether. Although due acknowledgment of this has been made in the notes, it is proper to mention it here also. The authority of Professor Willis is in no case to be disregarded.
Hereford Cathedral, which has been happily restored to its ancient beauty under the care of Mr. G. G. Scott, is, although not the largest, one of the most important in the West of England; and contains much of very high interest to the architectural student.
R. J. K.
August, 1864.
CONTENTS.
Part I. HISTORY AND DETAILS.
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Repairs and Restorations 1
History3
Probable Dates of Erections4
Exterior View5
Porch—Nave6
Triforium and Clerestory—Nave-aisles8
Font—Effigy of Sir R. Pembridge9
North Aisle 10
Choir-screen11
Central Tower13
Choir15
Reredos17
Effigy of Bishop Stanbery18
North Transept20
Bishop Cantilupe’s Shrine23
North Choir-aisle27
Bishop Stanbery’s Chantry28
North-east Transept29
Ambulatory, or Retro-Choir31
Lady Chapel32
Audley Chapel or Chantry36
South-east Transept37
South Choir-aisle38
South Transept39
Archive Room and Chapter Library41
Mediæval Map of the World41
Cloisters44
Chapter-house45
Exterior of North Transept46
Stanbery Chapel—Crypt47
College of Vicars Choral49
Episcopal Palace49
Part II. HISTORY OF THE SEE, WITH SHORT NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL BISHOPS.
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Putta, the first Saxon Bishop51
Æthelstan52
Leofgar53
Walter of Lorraine—Robert de Losing54
Gerard—Reinhelm—Geoffry de Clive55
Robert de Bethune56
Gilbert Foliot57
Peter d’Acquablanca59
John Breton—Thomas Cantilupe60
Swinfield—Orleton63
John Stanbery65
Francis Godwin69
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
General View from North-eastFrontispiece.
PlanTo face page 1
Plate
I.Arches of Nave7
II. The Altar-screen, or Reredos 17
III. Bay of North Transept20
IV. Pedestal of the Shrine of Bishop Cantilupe23
V. Monument of Bishop d’Acquablanca, from the North Transept27
VI. Bishop Stanbery’s Chapel28
VII. Coffin-slab in the North Transept31
Window in Lady-chapel32
VIII. Eastern Bay of the Lady-chapel33
IX. Screen of Bishop Audley’s Chantry36
X. Books in the Library41
XI. Ancient Map42
XII. Cloisters and “Ladies’ Arbour”45
