. The New England magazine. s buried in a beautiful chantryat the right as we walk up the nave. The choir is reached by a flight ofeleven steps. Here we are surroundedwith historic names and aloft, supported upon the stonescreens which separate the east end ofthe choir from the choir aisles, are sixgilded chests or shrines, rich in thevariety ?nd excellence of their detailsand workmanship. By their inscrip-tions and coronal summits they recallvividly the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. 45 the founders of thecathedral and ofthe West-Saxonpower. On thesouth side are sa
. The New England magazine. s buried in a beautiful chantryat the right as we walk up the nave. The choir is reached by a flight ofeleven steps. Here we are surroundedwith historic names and aloft, supported upon the stonescreens which separate the east end ofthe choir from the choir aisles, are sixgilded chests or shrines, rich in thevariety ?nd excellence of their detailsand workmanship. By their inscrip-tions and coronal summits they recallvividly the Anglo-Saxon monarchy, WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. 45 the founders of thecathedral and ofthe West-Saxonpower. On thesouth side are said,to be the bones ofEdred and Ed-mund of the tenthcentury; next tothese those of thegreat Dane, Ca-nute, the same whoso discomfited hisoverzealous court-iers when the seaand tide refused toobey him. It wasafter this lesson in morals to his courtthat Canute, as already noted, placedhis crown over the high altar of Win-chester and then presented a new crossset with jewels. On the north sidethe remains of Egbert, the first to.
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