. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . ems to have beenplanned but never executed. Above,the light from the semiclicular clere-story windows is admitted throughsmall arches, having a passage be-tween them pierced In the jDavement, relaid, retains at thewest end portions of the old herring-bone floor. The new barrel roofreplaces a flat wooden ceiling. Thefour lofty arches to the tower haveengaged semicircular pillars. Thesearches are very beautiful; the boldcable moulding around them has peculiar features, and should be compared wit
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . ems to have beenplanned but never executed. Above,the light from the semiclicular clere-story windows is admitted throughsmall arches, having a passage be-tween them pierced In the jDavement, relaid, retains at thewest end portions of the old herring-bone floor. The new barrel roofreplaces a flat wooden ceiling. Thefour lofty arches to the tower haveengaged semicircular pillars. Thesearches are very beautiful; the boldcable moulding around them has peculiar features, and should be compared with the cables of the transeptwindows. The transepts have three tiers of windows; below them, at each end,there are two arches in the wall resting in the middle on a round pillar, setclose to the wall, but detached from it. The entrance arches only remain ofthe destroyed apsidal chapels east of the transepts. The Early English chapelopening into the north transept deserves examination; it is below the level of thepresent pavement, and was built for two altars. The sharply-pointed arches of. THE NAVE, LOOKING EAST. 246 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Southwell. entrance are oddly proportioned, and liave an exuberance of moulding. A stair totlio triforiuni and tower is in the north transept. Over the door is a tympanumstone, much older than the existing church. It is said to represent St. Michael,but the curious l^yzantine character of the design and the subordinate figure ofDavid suggest Psalm xci. 13 as a probable interpretation. The parvise, or sacristschamber, over the porch, is reached by this stair. In the north transept is nowj)laced the beautiful alabaster monument of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of figure is recumbent on an altar-tomb ; the widow and seven children kneelbelow. The vestments show the form worn by the archbishop, who died 1588. The rood-screen is a fine example of Decorated work, date about 1340, of intricateand singular construction and profuse ornament. The ope
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