York Minster, the West Front and Nave _Frontispiece_ Arms of the See _Title Page_ The Minster and Bootham Bar, from Exhibition Square 2 St Mary's Abbey 9 Bootham Bar 15 Walmgate Bar 19, 24 Micklegate Bar 25 The Shambles 29 The Minster (from an Old Print) 35 The West Front (1810) 39 The East End (from Britton) 43 The West Front--Main Entrance 49 The Exterior, from the South-East 53 The Exterior, from the North 57 Bay of Choir--Exterior 62 South Transept--Porch 65 Seal of St Mary's Abbey 67 The Nave 69 The Nave--South Aisle 77 South Transept, Triforium, and Clerestory 91 Chapter-House--Entrance and Sedilia 97 The Choir Screen 100 The Choir, looking East 101 Bay of Choir--Interior 103 The Choir, looking West 107 Compartment of Ancient Choir Stalls 110 Compartment of Altar Screen 111 The Choir in 1810 115 The Virgin and Child (a Carving behind the Altar) 119 The Crypt 121 Capitals in Crypt 122, 123 Effigy of Manley 125 Effigy of Archbishop de Grey 128 Monument of William of Hatfield 129 Monument of Archbishop Bowet 132 The East Window 138 Effigy of Archbishop Savage 151 Tomb of Archbishop Savage 152 PLAN OF MINSTER 157 * * * * * [Illustration: The Minster and Bootham Bar, from Exhibition Square] CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE SEE AND CITY