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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 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

Name: 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
Author: King, R. J. (Richard John)

King, R. J. (Richard John)

Cathedrals -- England; Church architecture -- England; Gloucester Cathedral; Hereford Cathedral; Worcester Cathedral

CHAPEL, TRIFORIUM                                               ”     44

CRYPT                                                           ”     45

THE CLOISTERS--THE “CAROLS” IN THE SOUTH WALK              _to face_  46

THE LAVATORY IN THE CLOISTERS                                   ”     47

THE CHAPTER-HOUSE--THE NORMAN PORTION                          ”      48

[Illustration: PLAN OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.

Scale of 100 ft. to I in.


REFERENCES.

A _South Porch._
B B B _Nave and Aisles._
C _Organ-screen._
D _Choir._
E _Presbytery._
F _South Transept._
G _Chapel used as Vestry._
H H H _Choir-aisles._
K K _Apsidal Chapels._
L _Lady-Chapel._
M _North Transept._
N _Chapel._
O O O O _Cloisters._
P _Chapter-house._
Q _Abbot’s or Lesser Cloister._
R _Slype, or Passage to Cloister._

1 _Abbot Seabroke’s Chantry._
2 _Brydges’ Effigy._
3 _Monument of Ald. Blackleach._
4 _Entrance to Crypt._
5 _Effigy of Abbot Foliot._
6 _Sedilia._
7 _Effigy of Osric._
8 _Monument of Edward II._
9 _Abbot Parker’s Chantry._
10 _Effigy of Robert Courtehose._
11 _Reliquary._
12 _Stone Lectern._
13, 14 _Chantries of Abbots Hanley and Farley._
15 _Abbot’s Door to Cloisters._
16 _Monks’ Door._
17 _Lavatory._
18 _Recess for Towels._
]




GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.




PART I.

History and Details.


I. Until the year 1539, Gloucester Cathedral was the church of a mitred
Benedictine abbey, which ranked among the wealthiest and most important
in England. In 1539 the abbey was surrendered; and in 1541 its church
became the cathedral of the newly established bishopric of Gloucester.

The single authority for the architectural history of Gloucester
Cathedral is Abbot FROUCESTER’S (1381-1412) Chronicle of the abbey,
including lives of the twenty abbots after the Conquest. Of this
Chronicle transcripts exist in the Chapter Library at Gloucester; in the
Library of Queen’s College, Oxford; and in the British Museum. The
original MS., which was preserved at Gloucester, disappeared
mysteriously from the Chapter Library during the present century. An
ancient copy, however,--if it be not the original Gloucester MS.,--was
recently discovered in a vault under the Rolls Chapel; and is about to
be published in the series of Chronicles edited under the direction of
the Master of the Rolls[1].

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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

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