GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH-EAST.

FRONTISPIECE.

A HANDBOOK
TO
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.

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WITH 16 ILLUSTRATIONS.
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LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1865.

CONTENTS

Part I.
HISTORY AND DETAILS
PAGE
History and Dates[3]
Restorations[5]
The Norman Church[6]
General View[7]
South Porch[9]
Nave[9]
Nave-vaulting[12]
Western Bays[13]
North Nave-aisle[15]
South Nave-aisle[17]
South Transept[20]
North Transept[24]
Reliquary[24]
Choir—Presbytery[27]
Choir-vaulting[28]
Stalls[29]
East Window[30]
Monuments[33]
Monument of Edward II.[34]
North Choir-aisle[36]
Effigy of Robert of Normandy[37]
Lady Chapel[38]
South Choir-aisle[41]
Triforium[42]
Whispering Gallery[43]
Crypt[44]
Cloisters[46]
Chapter-house and Library[48]
Exterior[49]
Tower[50]
Part II.
HISTORY OF THE SEE, WITH SHORT NOTICES OF
THE PRINCIPAL BISHOPS.
PAGE
Conversion of the British King Lucius[52]
Foundation and Restoration of the Monastery[53]
Parliaments held in the Abbey[53]
List of the most important Abbots[53]
John Wakeman, first Bishop—John Hooper, Martyr[54]
Brooks—Cheyney[55]
Bullingham—Goldsbrough—Ravis-Parry—Thompson—Smith—Goodman[56]
Nicolson—Pritchett—Frampton—Fowler—Willis—Wilcox—Sydall[57]
Benson—Johnson—Warburton[58]
Yorke—Halifax—Beadon—Huntingford—Ryder—Bethel[59]
Monk—Baring—Thomson—Ellicott[60]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Gloucester Cathedral, from the South-East][Frontispiece.]
[Plan of Cathedral][to face 3]
[The Nave][ ” 9]
[The “Prentice’s” Bracket][ ” 22]
[Confessional in the South Transept][ ” 23]
[The Reliquary][ ” 24]
[The Choir][ ” 27]
[Misereres in the Choir][ ” 29]
[Monument of Edward II.][ ” 34]
[Tomb of Robert, Duke of Normandy][ ” 37]
[Plans of Triforium and Crypt][ ” 42]
[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]