Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal SeeSergeant, Philip Walsingham
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Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
Sergeant, Philip Walsingham
Winchester Cathedral
MSS., etc., kept here are certain Anglo-Saxon documents and charters of
Privileges from Richard II. to Charles II.; a table of Wykeham's
domestic expenses; a thirteenth century Vulgate in manuscript; a "Briefe
description of the Newe Founde Lande of Virginia," by Sir Walter
Raleigh; and a pedigree of Henry VI., tracing his descent from Adam. The
chief relic of Wykeham is a gold ring with a large sapphire in it. The
Cloisters are 132 feet in length on each side, and the stone roofing is
supported by rafters of Irish oak. The ground enclosed by the Cloisters
was once used for the burial of the Fellows. Among the names cut in the
walls may be seen the name of "Thos. Ken, 1646." In the square formed by
the cloisters is the Chantry Chapel, built in 1420, converted into the
library after Edward VI. had forbidden its use as a chapel, and now used
once more as a chapel for the junior scholars. A portrait of Wykeham
(the oldest on record) is shown in the east window, the glass of which
dates from 1470, and comes from Warden Thurbern's chantry in the larger
chapel. Behind the hall is "School," a detached building erected in 1687
by the Warden, Nicholas. It is now used for glee-club concerts and like
events. The western wall has on it the often-quoted inscription: _Aut
Disce Aut Discede Manet Sors Tertia Caedi_. Modern additions to the
college buildings include a library in memory of Bishop Moberly,
formerly head-master; a gymnasium, fives courts and a racquet court, and
a new infirmary. One of the most curious properties of the College is
the old painting (probably sixteenth century) of the "Trusty Servant,"
the words being ascribed to Johnson, the head-master in 1560-1571.
[Illustration: WINCHESTER COLLEGE "SCHOOL".]
[Illustration: WINCHESTER COLLEGE: THE OUTER GATEWAY]
[Illustration: WINCHESTER COLLEGE: CHANTRY CHAPEL.]
[Illustration: INSCRIPTION ON WESTERN WALL OF "SCHOOL,"
WINCHESTER COLLEGE.]
[Illustration: THE TRUSTY SERVANT.
A trusty servant's portrait would you see,
This emblematic figure well survey;
The porker's snout--not nice in diet shows;
The padlock shut--no secrets he'll disclose;
Patient the ass--his master's wrath to bear;
Swiftness in errand--the stag's feet declare;
Loaded his left hand--apt to labour saith;
The vest--his neatness; open hand--his faith;
Girt with his sword, his shield upon his arm--
Himself and master he'll protect from harm.]
[Illustration: ST CROSS FROM THE SOUTH. _Photochrom Co. Ltd., Photo._]
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