. The cathedral church of Saint David's; a short history and description of the fabric and episcopal buildings. leads one tosuppose that they were once coloured. The canopy work andcoved cornice are better in detail and general design thanthose of the stalls. The buttresses which divide the seats arepierced with tracery, and are surmounted with crocketedpinnacles. The oaken stalls—like almost all the woodwork in the choir—belong to the Perpendicular period, and were erected duringthe episcopate of Tally (1460-14S0). They have plainarms, but the return stalls and those of the Chancellor
. The cathedral church of Saint David's; a short history and description of the fabric and episcopal buildings. leads one tosuppose that they were once coloured. The canopy work andcoved cornice are better in detail and general design thanthose of the stalls. The buttresses which divide the seats arepierced with tracery, and are surmounted with crocketedpinnacles. The oaken stalls—like almost all the woodwork in the choir—belong to the Perpendicular period, and were erected duringthe episcopate of Tally (1460-14S0). They have plainarms, but the return stalls and those of the Chancellor andTreasurer are decorated with grotesque heads. The misereresare also conct;ived in a serio-humorous vein, some, indeed, beingvery unusual, the monks l)eing represented as suffering frominal dc mcr and crai)ula. One carving exhibits a cowled foxoffering the wafer to a goose with a human head, whichFreeman thinks may have some bearing on the religiouscontroversy of the time. He also regards the cowled foxas the carvers version of the proverb Cucullus non facitmonachum. J. eV F., p. S6. THE INTERIOR 49. TIIK SKI ) A. The decanal stall was formerly assigned to the Bishop asDean, and accordingly inscribed Dom. JC/^i., hut when the 50 ST. DAVIDS CATHEDRAL Precentor in 1S40 assumed the title of Dean this was will be observed that the seats of most dignity are theextremes, and the western end and southern side take prece-dence. As in the arrangement of stalls which existed in thecolleges of Abergwili and Llanddewi Brefi, founded by BishopBeck in this diocese, the Bishops Vicar (Subdean) sits on thedecanal side, and the Subchanter in a similar position on thePrecentors side. The delicate silver altar-cross was designed by Mr. T. , and is a choice addition to the cathedral plate. Theeast end hangings are at once recognisable as one of thehappiest of Mr. Bodleys exquisite designs. THE SHRINE OF ST. DAVID. This shrine, which is, and always has been, one of th
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