The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . d partly, by the time necessarily expended in refit-ting the Choir for its accustomed solemnities. In the alterations which have been recently made, and which wereexecuted under the superintendence of Benjamin Wyatt, Esq. the present * In the Interior View taken from the Vaultings, Plate XXXVIII, an imposing feature of thisgorgeous Ceremony is delineated, in a kind of Birds Eye Perspective, which was sketched from themiddle arch at th
The history and antiquities of the abbey church of StPeter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation . d partly, by the time necessarily expended in refit-ting the Choir for its accustomed solemnities. In the alterations which have been recently made, and which wereexecuted under the superintendence of Benjamin Wyatt, Esq. the present * In the Interior View taken from the Vaultings, Plate XXXVIII, an imposing feature of thisgorgeous Ceremony is delineated, in a kind of Birds Eye Perspective, which was sketched from themiddle arch at the east end, nearly fifty-three feet above the pavement of the Choir. The Church isshewn as fitted up on that occasion : the precise point of time is when the King, after having beencrowned, was seated in his Chair, on the centre of the platform immediately under the great tower,and receiving the homage of the Duke of York, and other Princes of the Blood Royal. The Vaultings,which are of great extent, are partly floored with oak, and partly paved with brick : many Heads,both animal and human, of bold and grotesque character, ornament the piers and VIEW FBfM TP ^•fched by «S LOOM Eug*l>vK Sand** 1 Tin, HOW© A/JEST, SHI-:;/INC Tlr. n-l-MHOtn F THE CiRfNATXONOFBIS MAJESTY KINO GEO HOE , ? .Ac />/:/&. /?? tMr£lat&irgratcfidty mrcnicdby /FNea PRESENT STATE OF THE CHOIR. 271 Architect to this Church, the conveniency of the Congregation has beenbetter attended to, than in the previous arrangements. The cross-seats forthe Town Boys, or those of the Westminster Scholars who are not on thefoundation, have been removed towards the lower part of the Choir; thewainscotting, on each side, betw een the great columns of the Tower, has beencarried out full two feet, and new seats have been constructed in the vacantspace: the pulpit has been placed near the north-east pier, over the rail-ing of the Presbytery, which
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