. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . hatever may have been its motive,the building is the work of EnglishWilliam, and one of the most grace-ful parts of his design. Here, whenthe shrine was standing in the adjoin-ing part of the cathedral, were theshrines of Archbishop Odo, and ofWilfred of York, with a golden re-liquary in the form of a head, con-taining some relic of Becket, per-haps the severed scalp. Here also is the tomb of Cardinal Pole, kinsman of Queen Mary of ill memory, the lastarchbishop entombed in the cathedral. Of late years
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . hatever may have been its motive,the building is the work of EnglishWilliam, and one of the most grace-ful parts of his design. Here, whenthe shrine was standing in the adjoin-ing part of the cathedral, were theshrines of Archbishop Odo, and ofWilfred of York, with a golden re-liquary in the form of a head, con-taining some relic of Becket, per-haps the severed scalp. Here also is the tomb of Cardinal Pole, kinsman of Queen Mary of ill memory, the lastarchbishop entombed in the cathedral. Of late years the patriarchal chairhas been brought back to the Corona. Tradition states that it was the throneof the heathen kings of Kent, given by Ethelbert to Augustine, and has eversince been the cathedra of the Archbisliops of Canterbury. It is fashioned ofthree pieces of Purbeck marble, and is probably of later date than tradition assignsto it. By the latest authority (Canon Robertson) it is assigned to the year 1220. One other marked featui-e of Canterbury Cathedial yet calls for notice—the. THB BAfTISX£R\. 14 CATTIEDRAL CHURCHES. [Canterbuky. spacious crypt which supports all the eastern part of the building, and causesthe lonj? ascent which has been already mentioned. There are four others inEngland, which like it are anterior to the year 1085. These are Winchester,Gloucester, Rochester, and Worcester, and no cathedral of later date has includeda crypt in its design, though one which had previously existed may have beenrebuilt. The western or lower part of Canterbury crypt is the older. A littleof Lanfrancs work remains, but in the main it is a relic of the cathedralof Ernulph. The eastern part, beneath the Trinity Chapel and the Corona,was the work of English William. This not only supported the sacred slu-ine,but also over-arched the spot where for a time Beckets body was laid betweenhis death and its translation. Thus the actual building, beneath whose massivearches in the g
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