CONTENTS

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[CHAPTER I.--History of the Building]3
[CHAPTER II.--The Exterior of the Cathedral]14
[The West Front]20
[The South Front and Porch]20
[The South Transept]21
[The Tower and the Bells]22
[The Lady Chapel]26
[CHAPTER III.--The Interior]28
[The Nave]32
[The West End and South Aisle]36
[The West Windows and the Font]40
[The North Aisle]41
[The Choir Screen]44
[The Organ]46
[The Choir]47
[The Reredos]56
[The South Transept]65
[Chapel of St. Andrew and 'Prentice Bracket]67
[The Crypt]68
[South Ambulatory of Choir]72
[Triforium of the Choir]73
[The Whispering Gallery]77
[The Lady Chapel]79
[Abbot Boteler's Chapel]85
[The North Transept]89
[CHAPTER IV.--The Precincts and Monastic Buildings]94
[The Vineyard, the Dorter, the Refectory]95
[The Little Cloisters]96
[The Library]98
[The Chapter-House]101
[The Cloisters]104
[The Monks' Lavatory]108
[The Slype]111
[The Deanery]112
[CHAPTER V.--List of Abbots and Bishops of Gloucester]117
[The City]122
[Other Churches and Monastic Foundations]124
[Remains of Old Gloucester]128
[Notes Architectural and Chronological]133

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[The Cathedral from St. John's Tower]Frontispiece
[The Tower from the East]2
[Bird's-eye view of Norman Work]15
[The Cathedral from the South-West]17
[The Cathedral from North-West corner of the Cloisters]19
[The Tower from the Palace Yard]21
[View of the Cathedral in 1727]23
[South Porch since the Restoration]25
[Piscina in the Triforium]27
[The Nave, looking East]29
[The Nave and North Aisle]33
[South Aisle of the Nave ]37
[Plan of the Original Choir Screen]44
[The Choir, looking East ]49
[Plan of the Triforium of the Choir]50
[Plan of the Original High Altar]51
[Sketch of Old Norman Choir]52
[The Choir, looking West ]53
[The Choir in 1806]57
[Tomb of Edward II]61
[South-East Chapel in the Crypt]69
[Plan of the Crypt]71
[South-East View of Cathedral]75
[Triforium of the Choir, looking East]76
[South Ambulatory of the Choir]78
[The Lady Chapel]81
[West End of Lady Chapel ]83
[Tomb of Robert Curthose ]87
[North Ambulatory of the Choir, looking East]90
[North Ambulatory of the Choir, looking West]91
[Door from North Transept into North Ambulatory of the Choir]92
[St. Mary's and King Edward's Gates]96
[College and Palace Yard Gateways]97
[Remains of Infirmary]98
[Mediæval House]99
[Chapter-House (Plan)]102
[Plan of Abbey Precincts]103
[Cloister Garth from North-West]107
[The Monks' Lavatory]109
[Plan of Old Tank in the Cloister Garth ]111
[The Cloister, showing the Carrels of the Monks]113
[South Aisle of Nave]116
[Monument to Mrs Morley ]121
[The Old Judge's House]125
[The House of Robert Raikes]127
[The New Inn]129
[Carving at New Inn Lane]130
[Remains of Roman Wall]131
[Plan of Cathedral (with Dimensions)]134, 135


GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL


CHAPTER I