The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester: A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the BishopsKing, R. J. (Richard John)
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The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester: A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops
The _eastern bay_, in which stood the altar of the Lady-chapel, was
disfigured by a large debased window, inserted early in the present
century; and was, before the restorations, in a dangerous condition. It
was found necessary to rebuild the east wall entirely; and two tiers of
lancet lights, five in each tier, have been inserted, in strict keeping
with the architecture of all this part of the cathedral. Two lancets,
one above another, are placed in the north and south walls. A very
beautiful wall-arcade, of the same character as that in the aisles and
transepts, but more enriched, runs round below the windows. This is
entirely new, and the very good sculptures in the spandrils were
executed, under direction, by BOULTON of Worcester. The subjects at the
east end are--Isaiah; Abraham and Isaac; the selling of Joseph; the
brazen serpent; Jonah; and Jeremiah. Foliage and grotesques, copied from
the older spandrils, are repeated at the sides. The eastern lancets have
been filled with stained glass by HARDMAN, given to the cathedral by the
citizens of Worcester. In the central lower light is the Crucifixion;
above, the Ascension. A series of medallions, representing the principal
events in the life of our Lord, fill the remaining lancets. The glass is
very good, though perhaps a little thin in quality. The spandrils above
the lights in both tiers have been filled with sculpture by BOULTON;
chiefly figures of angels.
XV. On the north side of the chapel is a small mural slab, with flowers
at the sides and an urn above, for ANNE, wife of IZAAC WALTON, who no
doubt wrote the inscription, which is as follows:--“Ex terris ... M.S.
Here lyeth buried so much as could die of Anne, the wife of Isaac
Walton, who was a woman of remarkable prudence, and of the Primitive
Piety. Her great and generall knowledge being adorned with such true
humility, and blest with so much Christian meeknesse as made her worthy
of a more memorable monument. She died (alas that she is dead!) the 17th
of April, 1662, aged 52. Study to be like her.” The wife thus
commemorated was the sister of Bishop Ken. Walton himself survived until
1683, and was interred in Winchester Cathedral.
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