Bell's Cathedrals: St. David's

by Philip A. Robson

CHAPTER		PAGE
	List of Works consulted	[xi]
[I.]	The Site and General History of the Fabric	[2]
	Previous Churches—Bishop de Leiâ—Fall of the Tower	[4]
	Bishop Gower—The Perpendicular Period	[5]
	The Civil War—West Front rebuilt—Scott’s Restoration	[6]
[II.]	The Exterior	[9]
	The Cathedral Precincts	[9]
	The Church	[11]
	The Tower	[12]
	The South Side	[14]
	The South Porch	[14]
	The South Transept	[16]
	The East End	[16]
	The Ruined Chapels	[19]
	The North Side	[19]
	The Library or Chapter House	[19]
	The North Transept	[20]
	The North Doorway	[20]
	The West Front	[21]
[III.]	The Interior—The Nave	[23]
	The Font	[28]
	The Rood Screen	[30]
	The Organ	[32]
	The Choir and Transepts	[36]
	The Parclose Screen	[44]
	The Stalls	[44]
	The Chapel of St. Thomas	[46]
	The Chapter House or Library	[47]
	The Throne	[48]
	The Sedilia	[48]
	The Shrine of St. David	[50]
	The Shrine of St. Caradoc	[54]
	The Aisles of the Presbytery	[55]
	The Chapels East of the Presbytery	[57]
	Bishop Vaughan’s or Trinity Chapel	[60]
	The South Chapel Aisle	[65]
	The Ante Chapel	[65]
	The Lady Chapel	[66]
	The North Chapel Aisle	[68]
	Monuments in the Church (otherwise than in the Eastern Chapels)	[71]
	Bishop Gower’s Tomb	[71]
[IV.]	The Precincts	[83]
	The Cloisters and St. Mary’s College	[83]
	The Bishop’s Palace	[85]
	The Parapet	[88]
	The East Chapel	[89]
	The Bishop’s Hall and Study	[89]
	The Great Hall	[89]
	The West Chapel	[92]
[Appendix]	I.—Bishops of St. David’s	[93]
	Precentors and Deans	[94]
	Organists	[95]
[Appendix]	II.—Extracts from Sir G. G. Scott’s Report, 1869	[97]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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St. David’s Cathedral from the N.E.	[Frontispiece]
Arms of the See	[Title-page]
The West Front before the restoration of 1862	[2]
The Cross and Cathedral Tower	[3]
St. David’s from Speed’s Map	[5]
South-west View before the restoration of 1862	[7]
South View about 1700	[9]
Plan of St. David’s, 1806, by John Carter	[10]
Top of the Tower	[11]
Ceiling of Central Tower	[13]
South Elevation (drawn by J. Taylor Scott)	[15]
South Doorway	[17]
The Nave, looking East	[22]
Elevation of a Bay of the Nave, looking East (drawn by J. T. Scott)	[24]
Norman Shaft with Re-carved Capital	[25]
Details of Pier Arches (from Jones and Freeman)	[26]
Carved Panels and Arch-ornaments in the Triforium (from Jones and Freeman)	[26]
Groining of Rood Screen showing the flying ribs	[31]
The Rood Screen and Organ	[33]
The Presbytery in 1856 (from Jones and Freeman)	[36]
The Choir and Presbytery, 1895	[37]
The Parclose Screen	[43]
Arch between the S. Transept and Choir Aisle	[45]
Double Piscina, St. Thomas’s Chapel	[46]
The Sedilia	[49]
The Shrine of St. David (Base)	[51]
The Shrine of St. Caradoc (Base)	[55]
Screen of Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel	[57]
Roof of Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel	[59]
Recess in Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel	[61]
Bosses on the Cornice	[62]
Window in Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel	[62]
Niche	[63]
Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel	[64]
View from Ante Chapel to Lady Chapel	[66]
Sedilia and Tomb in Lady Chapel	[67]
The North Chapel Aisle	[68]
Tomb of a Priest, N. Chapel	[70]
Tomb of Bishop Morgan	[72]
Bishop Gower’s Tomb	[73]
Tomb of a Knight	[77]
Abraham Stone	[79]
North Doorway of Nave	[80]
The College of St. Mary (after H. Gastineau)	[82]
The Bishop’s Palace, 1779 (after Paul Sandby, R.A.)	[86]
Section of Chimney in Kitchen	[89]
Bishops’ Palace	[90]
Bishops’ Palace; View of Courtyard (from Jones and Freeman)	[91]
Gable-Cross lying in Bishop Vaughan’s Chapel	[96]
Plan of the Cathedral	[At end]

THE WEST FRONT BEFORE THE RESTORATION OF 1862.

(The figures in the foreground are those of Sir G. G. Scott, Dean Allen, Prof. E. A. Freeman, the Bishop and Mrs. Jones.)