. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . were the fine clock-case, underthe south window of the southtransept, originally erected by PriorCastell (1401), with later additionsby Dean Hunt (1620); an oak screen, which surmounted the platform of St. Cuthberts shrine, one of the few remains,and a very fine one, of the decorative art of the time of Philip and Mary ; andlastly, the splendid ancient reredos of the altar over Cardinal Langloys tomb THE GALILEE. Durham.] VANDALISM AT DURHAM. 41 in the Galilee, containing paintings of the
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . were the fine clock-case, underthe south window of the southtransept, originally erected by PriorCastell (1401), with later additionsby Dean Hunt (1620); an oak screen, which surmounted the platform of St. Cuthberts shrine, one of the few remains,and a very fine one, of the decorative art of the time of Philip and Mary ; andlastly, the splendid ancient reredos of the altar over Cardinal Langloys tomb THE GALILEE. Durham.] VANDALISM AT DURHAM. 41 in the Galilee, containing paintings of the early part of tlio fifteenth this not a vestige remains. These acts of vandalism wore perpetratedin the years 181:4-45. Thus in the course of its history the catliedral hasexperienced the effects of revolving cycles of epochs of destruction and ofintrusion. A few years ago most important but questionable changes were madein its interior furniture. The present sumptuous Byzantine pulpit was erectedunder the lantern ; and opposite to it the massive metal lectern, scarcely to be. THE cnoiu. admired either for its material, design, or execution ; while the choir, which sincethe destruction of Bishop Cosins woodwork had been open to the nave, was barredby the introduction of the heavy though richly-carved Decorated screen ofalabaster, which is not only utterly incongruous in its florid ornamentation withthe rest of the church, but entirely cuts the perspective of the reredos andgrand east end, when viewed from the nave. It is under the flooring of the chapter-house that most of the illustriousbishops of olden time are laid. This once noble building, adjoining the southtransept on the south, but separated by the monks parlour, is entered from thecloister, and zvas the finest Norman chapter-house in England. Within it wereburied the fiist three bishops — Aldhune, Eadmund, and Eadred, Carilef andhis eleven immediate successors, and Bishop Kellow. The bones of Aidan, first
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