Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . and has no west end towers. The only peccliarityis in the form of the chapter-house, which is a decagon, and has novestibule, but is entered at once from the east walk of the cloister,it may be mentioned that the cloister is of unusually small extentfor so large a cathedral. York. — This Cathedral, the metropolitan Church of thenorthern ecclesiastical province of England, is a perfect and mostsuperb example of the usual plan. Truly majestic throughout itswhole and vast extent, the metropolita
Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales . and has no west end towers. The only peccliarityis in the form of the chapter-house, which is a decagon, and has novestibule, but is entered at once from the east walk of the cloister,it may be mentioned that the cloister is of unusually small extentfor so large a cathedral. York. — This Cathedral, the metropolitan Church of thenorthern ecclesiastical province of England, is a perfect and mostsuperb example of the usual plan. Truly majestic throughout itswhole and vast extent, the metropolitan church of all England atCanterbury, magnificent as it is, can bear no comparison with this ofYork. The cloister is gone. The chapter-house remains, prover-bially accounted the fairest flower of the pointed style; it is on thenorth side of the cathedral, and is approached by a vaulted passagefrom the east aisle of the transept, built at right angles to anotherwhich may be called the vestibule before the door of the whole this church may justly be denominated theking of < -- - - % y --: ) CATHEDRAL. The origin of the see of Lichfield) if we may believe a traditionwhich prevails there, waa the martyrdom of St. Ampbibalus, anda thousand of bis disciples, on this spot, in the general persecution under the Emperor Dioclcsian. This tradition also accounts atthe same time for the name of the city, Lichfield; lie, signifying adead body, and therefore Lichfield, the field of dead bodies. Itis, however, now generally agreed, that St. Amphibalus neverexisted at all, and that the whole legend respecting him and hisdisciples is the fabrication of an age much posterior to that in whichhe is said to have suffered martyrdom. The first authentic mention of Lichfield as an establishmentof Christianity occurs in Bedes Ecclesiastical History, where itis alluded to as the see of an Anglo-Saxon bishop, nearly fourhundred years after the date ascribed to t
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