Groining of Rood Screen showing the flying ribs 31 The Rood Screen and Organ 33 The Presbytery in 1856 (from Jones and Freeman) 36 The Choir and Presbytery, 1895 37 The Parclose Screen 43 Arch between the S. Transept and Choir Aisle 45 Double Piscina, St. Thomas’s Chapel 46 The Sedilia 49 The Shrine of St. David (Base) 51 The Shrine of St. Caradoc (Base) 55 Screen of Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel 57 Roof of Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel 59 Recess in Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel 61 Bosses on the Cornice 62 Window in Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel 62 Niche 63 Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel 64 View from Ante Chapel to Lady Chapel 66 Sedilia and Tomb in Lady Chapel 67 The North Chapel Aisle 68 Tomb of a Priest, N. Chapel 70 Tomb of Bishop Morgan 72 Bishop Gower’s Tomb 73 Tomb of a Knight 77 Abraham Stone 79 North Doorway of Nave 80 The College of St. Mary (after H. Gastineau) 82 The Bishop’s Palace, 1779 (after Paul Sandby, R.A.) 86 Section of Chimney in Kitchen 89 Bishops’ Palace 90 Bishops’ Palace; View of Courtyard (from Jones and Freeman) 91 Gable-Cross lying in Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel 96 Plan of the Cathedral _At end_ [Illustration: THE WEST FRONT BEFORE THE RESTORATION OF 1862. (_The figures in the foreground are those of Sir G. G. Scott, Dean Allen, Prof. E. A. Freeman, the Bishop and Mrs. Jones._)] [Illustration: THE CROSS AND CATHEDRAL TOWER.] ST. DAVID’S CATHEDRAL CHAPTER I THE SITE AND GENERAL HISTORY OF THE FABRIC