Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . e this atEly and of the same date. In S. Etheldreda, or Audrey, Ely had a popular saint,whose shrine was much frequented by pilgrims, forwhose accommodation more space was wanted, and inthe 13th century a great eastward extension was made,as was done also for a similar reason at Canterbury,Worcester, Winchester, and Durham. The Normanchoir at Ely seems to have finished eastward with asimple semi-circular apse, having no circumambient ambu-latory like that built by Abbot Simeons brother atWinchester1. This Norman east end was pulled downby Bis
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . e this atEly and of the same date. In S. Etheldreda, or Audrey, Ely had a popular saint,whose shrine was much frequented by pilgrims, forwhose accommodation more space was wanted, and inthe 13th century a great eastward extension was made,as was done also for a similar reason at Canterbury,Worcester, Winchester, and Durham. The Normanchoir at Ely seems to have finished eastward with asimple semi-circular apse, having no circumambient ambu-latory like that built by Abbot Simeons brother atWinchester1. This Norman east end was pulled downby Bishop North wold, and between 1235 and 1251 thepresent presbytery was built which is perhaps the mostsplendid example of pure Early English work in thekingdom. Unlike Winchester and Salisbury, where theeastern parts are at a lower level, the roof is carried 1 Curiously enough the foundations, which have been explored, seem toshow that at some time after the semi-circle had been built the east end wasaltered to a square. Plate LXXV . /?-- y - ? \. T. G. J. ELY CATHEDRAL—The Presbytery ch. xin] EARLY ENGLISH 241 of its full height to the extreme east end, where it Ely ci the finishes with a magnificent composition of three huge Thesingle lights below, surmounted by five lights above, pres y eryrising to the centre, and three lights higher still toillumine the roof space, set between two blank flanking buttresses have niches as at Wells buthave lost their figures. It would be difficult to overpraise the interior of thislovely presbytery. It is much more satisfactory thanthat of Salisbury. Here sculpture comes to the aid ofarchitecture, and though a generous use is made ofPurbeck marble it is employed with much greaterjudgement (Plate LXXV). The main columns arecylinders of this material surrounded by four largerand four smaller colonnettes of the same, attached to themain shaft by moulded bands. The capitals are wellcarved with Early English foliage, the arches ar
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