. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . a life-likemedallion portrait of the prelate is conspicuous among its profuse Lectern was presented by two of the Censors of the House, and the Bible<i7th cent.) by the three daughters of the late Dean Liddell. N. of the Choiris the Lady Chapel, which was greatly altered in the Early English period, itsilelicateiy moulded shafts contrasting with the massive piers. A brass in thefloor marks the supposed resting-place of St. Frideswide. The Latin Chapel^adjoining N.), so called Ijecau
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . a life-likemedallion portrait of the prelate is conspicuous among its profuse Lectern was presented by two of the Censors of the House, and the Bible<i7th cent.) by the three daughters of the late Dean Liddell. N. of the Choiris the Lady Chapel, which was greatly altered in the Early English period, itsilelicateiy moulded shafts contrasting with the massive piers. A brass in thefloor marks the supposed resting-place of St. Frideswide. The Latin Chapel^adjoining N.), so called Ijecause the Latin prayers were formerly read here,contains some of the carved woodwork of Wolseys time. It is said to havebeen built by Lady Elizabeth de Montacute, who died in 1359. Her tombadjoins the reputed shrine (perhaps watching-chamber ) of St. Frideswide,whose career is illustrated in the glass of Sir E. Burne Jones window (1859).The other tombs on the S. side of the Latin Chapel are those of a prior, fullyrobed, believed to be Alex, de Sutton, prior of St. Frideswides 1294-1316, and. 72 Aldens Oxford Guide. Sir George Nowers, a companion of the Black Prince, who died 1425. At theangle of the S. aisle of choir and the S. transept is the tomb of Bp. King, lastAl)l)ot of Osney and first Bp. of Oxford (see p. 76, also Appendix) : his effigymay be seen in a small window close by. On the E. side of the S. transept isSt. Lucys Chapel, with its curious Becket window, c. 1330, in which the headof the murdered prelate is obliterated, it is said by royal command. The hand-some Font-cover (Bodley. architect) was presented in 1903 by Bp. Randall inraemor}- of his wife. A slab of marlile in the floor of the nave covers the graveof Dr. Pusey : inlaid in lead is a Latin inscription to his memory and that ofhis wife and two daughters with whom he lies buried. On the wall of the . are a life-like bust in white marble of the late Prince Leopold, a tablet inmemory of the late Bp. Macka
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