For the reproduction of the drawings of the various parts of the Cathedral, and the arms on the title page, by Mr. Walter Tallent Owen, the editors are greatly indebted to the artist, from whose volume, “Bits of Canterbury Cathedral,” published by W.T. Comstock, New York, 1891, they have been taken. Others are taken from Charles Wild’s “Specimens of Mediæval Architecture,” and from Carter’s “Ancient Sculpture and Paintings.”

The illustrations from photographs in this volume have been reproduced from the originals by Messrs. Carl Norman and Co.

H. W.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[Chapter I.—History of the Building] 3
[Chapter II.—Exterior and Precincts:]
[The Angel or Bell Tower] 24
[The Monastery] 32
[Christchurch Gate] 35
[Ruins of the Infirmary] 38
[The Treasury] 38
[The Lavatory Tower] 40
[The Chapter House] 42
[The Library] 44
[The Deanery] 44
[The Green Court] 48
[Chapter III.—Interior:]
[The Nave] 52
[The Central Tower] 55
[The Western Screen] 56
[The Choir] 57
[The Altar] 61
[The Choir Screen] 64
[The Choir Stalls] 65
[South-East Transept] 67
[South-West Choir Aisle] 69
[St. Anselm’s Tower and Chapel] 69
[The Watching Chamber] 72
[Trinity Chapel] 72
[Tomb of the Black Prince] 75
[Becket’s Crown] 88
[St. Andrew’s Tower] 88
[North-East Transept] 90
[Chapel of the Martyrdom] 92
[The Dean’s Chapel] 94
[South-West Transept] 95
[St. Michael’s Chapel] 95
[The Main Crypt] 96
[The Eastern Crypt] 101
[Chapter IV.—The History of the See] 103

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[The Cathedral from the South]Frontispiece
[The Cathedral from the North]1
[Plan of Canterbury Cathedral (Circa 1165)]4
[Arms of Canterbury]Title
[The Cloisters]19
[View on the Stour]22
[The Central Tower, “Bell Harry”]25
[Detail of St. Anselm’s Tower]32
[The Christchurch Gate]33
[The South-West Porch of the Cathedral]36
[Cloisters of the Monks’ Infirmary]37
[Ruins of the Monks’ Infirmary]38
[The Baptistery Tower]39
[Turret of South-West Transept]41
[The Cloisters]43
[Norman Staircase in the Close]45
[Details of the Norman Staircase in the Close]46
[Details of Ornament]47
[Old Painting, “The Murder of St. Thomas à Becket”]51
[The Shrine of St. Thomas à Becket (from the Cottonian MS.)]52
[Capitals of Columns in the Eastern Apse]54
[The Choir—looking East]59
[Do. before Restoration]62
[A Miserere in the Choir]65
[Some Mosaics from the Floor of Trinity Chapel]73
[The Black Prince’s Tomb]77
[Shield, Coat, etc., of the Black Prince]80
[West Gate]81
[Trinity Chapel, looking into Corona, “Becket’s Crown”]88
[Chair of St. Augustine]89
[Transept of “The Martyrdom”]92
[Part of South-Western Transept]94
[The Crypt]97
[Do. St. Gabriel’s Chapel]100
[Do. Cardinal Morton’s Monument]101
[Plans of Cathedral at three periods]130