Boston illustrated; . ox-bury stone, and the arcliitecture is the early Eng-lish Gothic, the structure covering more ground thanthe cathedrals of Strasburg, Pisa, Vienna, Venice, orSalisbury. The interior is grandly effective, and isdivided by lines of bronzed pillars which uphold alofty clere-story and an open timber roof. The chan-cel is very deep, and contains a rich and costly altar ;and the great organ, at the other end of the church, isone of the best instruments in the country. im-mense windowsare nearly allfilled withstained glass,both foreign andAmerican, repre-senting varioussce
Boston illustrated; . ox-bury stone, and the arcliitecture is the early Eng-lish Gothic, the structure covering more ground thanthe cathedrals of Strasburg, Pisa, Vienna, Venice, orSalisbury. The interior is grandly effective, and isdivided by lines of bronzed pillars which uphold alofty clere-story and an open timber roof. The chan-cel is very deep, and contains a rich and costly altar ;and the great organ, at the other end of the church, isone of the best instruments in the country. im-mense windowsare nearly allfilled withstained glass,both foreign andAmerican, repre-senting variousscenes and char-acters in Chris-tian liistory. Thestained glass isdefended byheavy plate-glass two ortliree inches out-side of it, whichalso aids inequalizing the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, temperature within. The chancel windows show forth the Crucifixion, Nativity,and Ascension, and the transept windows, each of which covers eight hundredsquare feet, represent tlie Finding of the True Cross, and the Exaltation of the. 114 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. Cross by the Emperor Heraclius, after its recovery from the Persians. Theheight of the nave is one hundred and twenty feet, and beneath it are the class-rooms and chapels, and the crypt for the burial of bishops. The great organ isbuilt around the rose-window on the west. It has 5,292 pipes and nearly 100stops, and is of remarkable purity of tone. The chantry, with a smaller organ,is near the chancel and the archiepiscopal throne. The Chapel of the BlessedSacrament is a beautiful little architectural gem, at the northeast corner of thebuilding, and the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin is at the southeast corner. Inthe rear of the cathedral is the mansion of the archbishop. The ponderoustowers on the front of the cathedral are to be surmounted by ornate spires, re-spectively 300 and 200 feet high (as shown in our engraving), which will doubt-less be landmarks for many leagues. Probably something of the same sjiiritthat led the Old South Society
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