The Cathedrals of Great Britain: Their History and ArchitectureDitchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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The Cathedrals of Great Britain: Their History and Architecture
Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Cathedrals -- Great Britain; Church architecture -- Great Britain
1. Our Lord in Glory, in the act of benediction.
2. Moses, the two tables of stone.
3. Elijah, a book.
4. St. Gabriel, holding a lily, the emblem of purity.
5. St. Uriel, open book.
6. St. Michael, in armour, with spear and shield.
7. St. Raphael, pilgrim's staff.
_Highest Stage--South Side_--
8. Adam, clothed with skins, and with a lion at his feet.
9. Abel, shepherd's crook and a lamb.
10. Abraham, fire and knife.
11. Isaac.
12. Jacob.
13. Melchisedec, royal and priestly robes and censer.
14. Enoch, prophesying, with uplifted hand.
15. Methuselah, old man's staff.
16. Noah, ark and olive branch.
17. Daniel.
18. Job, staff, and prophesying the Resurrection.
19. Shem.
_Middle Stage--Upper Tier_--
20. Isaiah, a saw.
21. Hosea, skull at his feet, and scroll, "O death, I will be thy
plagues."
22. Jonah, a fish at his feet, and scroll in his hand, "Salvation
is of the Lord."
23. Zephaniah, holding a torch and scroll, "The great day of the
Lord is near."
24. St. Michael, in armour, with spear and shield.
25. Bishop Hacket, holding the open Bible.
26. Bishop Lonsdale, model of Eton College Chapel at his feet.
27. Bishop Selwyn, his hand resting on the head of a Melanesian
boy. Bishop of New Zealand, 1841 to 1867. Bishop of
Lichfield, 1868 to 1878.
28. Vacant.
_Middle Stage--Lower Tier_--
29. Ezekiel, wheel, with Evangelistic emblems.
30. Joel, locust at his feet, and scroll in his hand, "Jehovah is
God."
31. Micah, with foot upon an idol; and the words, "Who is God like
unto Thee," in a scroll.
32. Haggai, unfinished temple at his feet, and pointing upwards,
and scroll, "Go up to the mountain."
33. St. Raphael, a pilgrim's staff, as a messenger of God.
34. Bishop Clinton, A.D. 1129, model of a Norman church.
35. Bishop Patteshull, A.D. 1240, wearing a chasuble, as shown on
his effigy in the Cathedral.
36. Bishop Langton, A.D. 1296, model of the Lady Chapel at his feet.
37. Vacant.
_Lower Stage of Kings_--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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