“The Bishop’s throne was originally occupied by the Archbishops of York. The Jacobean canopy, which succeeded that of the Fifteenth Century, comprised the space of two stalls, as did also the modern structure by which it was itself succeeded and which is now in the Consistory Court. The present canopy resembles those of the other stalls but is higher and more elaborate. Upon the back of the throne inside is a small mitre. The finial in front consists of an elephant carrying a man in his trunk, and bearing on his back a castle filled with armed soldiery, and in front of the elephant is a centaur (renewed), the shaft under which is again of open-work. The end of this desk displays a large mitre above a shield charged with the three stars of St. Wilfrid and supported by two angels, between whom is a scroll with the date of 1494.” The altar stands against the east wall of the presbytery. The =Reredos= is a restoration of the original Decorated one. The =Sedilia= and a =Piscina= are placed on the south side. Sir Gilbert Scott considered them Late Decorated work, but they have rather the appearance of Late Perpendicular. Some historians think that the shrine of St. Wilfrid stood in the east end of the north-choir-aisle. The remains were kept in a superb coffer, which was carried in processions. Passing down the south-choir-aisle from the east we first come to the vestry; then to the Chapter-House; and then to the Mallory Chapel. A round-headed door in the west wall of the Chapter-House opens upon a stairway that leads into another =Crypt= that belonged to Norman times. The =Chapter-House= is of the Twelfth Century. Above it is a =Lady-Chapel=, called here the =Lady-Loft=. It is unusual to find a Lady-Chapel on the south side of the Choir and on an upper floor. It dates from about the middle of the Fifteenth Century. It is now used as a Library. YORK MINSTER DEDICATION: ST. PETER. SERVED BY SECULAR CANONS. SPECIAL FEATURES: WEST FRONT; CHOIR; CHAPTER-HOUSE; WINDOWS. York, “the King of Cathedrals,” is one of the noblest and best examples of Gothic architecture. In form and proportion, in detail of ornament, in exterior and interior, the famous Minster takes rank with the greatest ecclesiastical buildings. Not only is it enormous--a forest of architecture--but it contains, perhaps, more ancient stained glass than any other building in the world. “Other English cathedrals are more finely placed, several are richer in ornament, one or two have a more delicately varied outline. None are so stately and so magnificent; and there is hardly a church in Europe that appears so vast as the Minster, viewed from the north.