The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal SeeSweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
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The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See
Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
Peterborough Cathedral
=The Transepts=, including the arch to the aisles, are of four bays,
and, as has before been pointed out, are of precisely the same character
as the work in the choir. The central piers here are octagonal. All
round the Norman portion of the church, below the windows, is an arcade
of round arches with simple round mouldings and plain cushion capitals:
in the transepts these have not intersecting heads, as in the choir and
nave. The western sides of the transepts have no proper triforium, but a
passage runs along in front of the windows in the triforium range. The
chapels to the east have Perpendicular screens. In the north transept
those three chapels were made into one which was used for early service,
and called the morning chapel. We read in the chapter records of a minor
canon being appointed to read the prayers at 6 o'clock, and once at
least the hour is named as 5 o'clock, in the morning. This chapel was
fitted up with some of the desks from the choir; and, judging from a
number of names and initials that had been cut upon the desks, it has
been conjectured that it was at one time used for the chapel of the
King's School. At the north end is a desk for the reader or readers made
out of two Early English stalls; there are three double shafts with
admirably carved wooden foliage in the capitals. A very fine little
Norman door leads to the staircase to the triforium. It should be
mentioned that in the triforium is arranged an excellent series of
stones, fragments, mouldings, and various ornaments, found in different
places during the recent restoration.
[Illustration: The New Building--Interior.]
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