. The cathedral church of Saint David's; a short history and description of the fabric and episcopal buildings. >KI)1I,:A AM) !, nH)!-; (M- ( MAIKI,. The sedilia, of three seats, is a fme design by Gower, thefinials of the crocketed ogee arches forming bosses in thecornice as in some of his other designs. The cross lying on the ground is one which once stood onthe east end of the presbytery, pr()i)ably designed by Sir from an (jld example. Nearly f)|)[)osite is a recess for a tomb wliich seems to havebeen similar lo that of I)ishop Martyn. This was wronglysupposed lo be
. The cathedral church of Saint David's; a short history and description of the fabric and episcopal buildings. >KI)1I,:A AM) !, nH)!-; (M- ( MAIKI,. The sedilia, of three seats, is a fme design by Gower, thefinials of the crocketed ogee arches forming bosses in thecornice as in some of his other designs. The cross lying on the ground is one which once stood onthe east end of the presbytery, pr()i)ably designed by Sir from an (jld example. Nearly f)|)[)osite is a recess for a tomb wliich seems to havebeen similar lo that of I)ishop Martyn. This was wronglysupposed lo be of l!ishii|) liouglitoii, whu founded and 68 ST. DAVIDS CATHEDRAL was buried in his own chapel of St. Marys College, not Chapel, hence confusion. Archdeacon Yardley con-jectures with plausibility that Gower erected these two tombs tohis immediate predecessors, Martyn and Beck (i280-1328).Externally, and to some extent even now internally, the LadyChapel has assumed the appearance of a Perpendicular build-. lllK NdK I II 111 \li;i, ing, but as a matter of fact it is, in the main, a blend of EarlyEnglish and Early I )ecorated. The North Chapel Aisle.—At the east end of this aislestood the altar to St. Nicholas, and in the south-east corner isa trefoil-headed piscina with a (juatrefoil drain. Tlie changeswhich took place in the Early Decorated i)eriod in this aisle I lake it lu he Tliis lip. wIkj heyan Chapel, & that lielies buried in it on y N. Side, which Tomb is by Mistake said to bel]p. llouyhtons. Mens. Sac, vol. i., p. 49. J. & F., p. 121. Fenton,p. 87, note. THE IXTKl^MOR 69 are not so extensive as those of the same date in its sister,where the whole of the southern and eastern walls wererebuilt, but the result is even more of a patchwork in appear-ance. The walls were raised, windows inserted and prepara-tions made for vaulting, but, nevertheless, the round EarlyEnglish vaulting shafts (c. 124S) appear below the octagonalones of the Decora
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