The =Throne= (Bishop Morgan, 1496-1505) stands on the south side of the choir, and is a peculiar structure, rendered the more puzzling by being a blend of Decorated and Perpendicular, judging by the detail. If the Decorated parts, however, are not of that period, they are copied from similar work on the parclose screen. There are three seats, the centre being the Bishop’s, and the others probably for the Canonici Collaterales. Above are innumerable crocketed canopies, pinnacles, pediments, &c., terminating in a kind of open spire. The total height is little short of thirty feet. At the time of the restoration of the tower all the woodwork in the immediate vicinity had necessarily to be removed, and under Scott’s direction was extensively repaired, “the greatest care being taken to preserve the ancient work as nearly untouched as possible.” The =Sedilia= are of a pleasing Perpendicular design, with a cornice in oak of a peculiar white colour, which leads one to suppose that they were once coloured. The canopy work and coved cornice are better in detail and general design than those of the stalls. The buttresses which divide the seats are pierced with tracery, and are surmounted with crocketed pinnacles. The oaken stalls--like almost all the woodwork in the choir--belong to the Perpendicular period, and were erected during the episcopate of Bishop Tully (1460-1480). They have plain arms, but the return stalls and those of the Chancellor and Treasurer are decorated with grotesque heads. The misereres are also conceived in a serio-humorous vein, some, indeed, being very unusual, the monks being represented as suffering from _mal de mer_ and crapula. One carving exhibits a cowled fox offering the wafer to a goose with a human head, which Freeman thinks may have some bearing on the religious controversy of the time.[34] He also regards the cowled fox as “the carver’s version of the proverb ‘Cucullus non facit monachum.’” [Illustration: THE SEDILIA.] The decanal stall was formerly assigned to the Bishop as Dean, and accordingly inscribed _Dom. Epī._, but when the Precentor in 1840 assumed the title of Dean[35] this was changed. It will be observed that the seats of most dignity are the extremes, and the western end and southern side take precedence. As in the arrangement of stalls which existed in the colleges of Abergwili and Llanddewi Brefi, founded by Bishop Beck in this diocese, the Bishop’s Vicar (Subdean) sits on the decanal side, and the Subchanter in a similar position on the Precentor’s side. The delicate silver altar-cross was designed by Mr. T. G. Jackson, and is a choice addition to the cathedral plate. The east end hangings are at once recognisable as one of the happiest of Mr. Bodley’s exquisite designs. THE SHRINE OF ST. DAVID.