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The Three Choirs

Part 2 — A HANDBOOK TO WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

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/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ WITH 7 ILLUSTRATIONS. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1866.

CONTENTS.

Part I. HISTORY AND DETAILS.

PAGE

History and Dates3

General Character7

North Porch8

Nave10

Western Bays10

Triforium10

Clerestory14

Nave Vaulting15

South Nave Aisle16

North Nave Aisle18

Central Tower, Piers of19

Great Transept19

South Transept20

North Transept22

Choir-screen23

Choir25

Stone Pulpit29

Monuments30

Tomb and Effigy of King John30

Prince Arthur’s Chantry33

South Choir-aisle34

South-east Transept35

Sculpture and Monuments in South-east Transept37

Effigy of Audela de Warren38

Retro-choir38

Lady-chapel40

Effigies in the Retro-choir41

North-eastern Transept44

North Choir-aisle45

Cloisters46

Sepulchral Slab, “Miserrimus”47

Slype48

Chapter-house48

Refectory49

Dormitory49

Crypt50

North and West Doors53

Central Tower54

Guesten Hall55

Edgar Tower56

Deanery57

Part II. HISTORY OF THE SEE, WITH SHORT NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL BISHOPS.

History of See58

Saxon Bishops, Oswald—Wolfstan—Living—Aldred—Wolfstan II. 59-62

List of Bishops from 1096 to 186167-81

Mauger—Cantilupe68, 69

Giffard70

Carpenter73

Latimer74

Prideaux—Stillingfleet77, 78

Hough—Hurd79-80

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

General View Frontispiece.

Tomb of King John to face 1

Plan of Cathedral ” 1

Part of Choir and Lady-chapel ” 25

Chantry of Prince Arthur ” 34

Chapter-house ” 48

Crypt ” 50

Illustration from The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops

TOMB OF KING JOHN.

Illustration from The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops

WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

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