. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . irstcontemporary painting of an EnglishSovereign, now hangs in front ofsome curious tapestry. The begin-ning of many an epoch in Englishhistory is brought to mind as weregard this part of the Abbey, forhere the Sovereign is crowned, thethrone being placed in front of thealtar. The homage of the peers isreceived on another seat, erectedbeneath the lantern. Each one who can be said to have really reigned over England has been crowned in theAbbey of Westminster, from the days of William the Norman to thos
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . irstcontemporary painting of an EnglishSovereign, now hangs in front ofsome curious tapestry. The begin-ning of many an epoch in Englishhistory is brought to mind as weregard this part of the Abbey, forhere the Sovereign is crowned, thethrone being placed in front of thealtar. The homage of the peers isreceived on another seat, erectedbeneath the lantern. Each one who can be said to have really reigned over England has been crowned in theAbbey of Westminster, from the days of William the Norman to those of QueenVictoria; and it has also been the scene of many another act of nationalworship, such as the Thanksgiving Service on the completion of the fiftiethyear of her present Majestys reign. East of the transepts, north and south, are two little chapels. The northernbears Abbot Islips name, and in the chantry above are preserved the remainsof the waxwork effigies which used to be carried at royal and other greatfunerals, and in former days were among the chief attractions of the INTERIOR OF HENRY THE SEVENTHS CHAPEL. L L 286 ABBEYS AND CHURCHES. [Westminster Abbey. On the soiitli side is the cliapcl of St. Benedict. In the north ambulatory arcthose of St. John the Baptist and St. Paul: in the south, of St. Edmund andSt. Nicholas. All are crowded with monuments — mostly of Elizabethan andJacobean times, though among them arc some of earlier date. The most in-teresting (in the chapel of St. Edmund) is the tomb of William de Valence,half-brother of Henry III., the only existing example of an effigy in Limogesenamel work in England, but it has been sadly mutilated. In the same chapelis the effigy of Elizabeth Russell, who, according to the old legend, died fromthe prick of a needle, a martyr to good housewifery. The place of chief interest is the Confessors Chapel, which occupies theremainder of the Choir behind the high altar, and is thus raised considerablyabove the l
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