Winchester Cathedral A Short History For Visitors Eleventh Edition

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391631356
Total Pages : 24 pages
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Download or read book Winchester Cathedral written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Winchester Cathedral: A Short History for Visitors In the centre of the apse stood the high altar behind it. Almost under the centre arch and raised high on a flight of steps, was the bishop's throne, facing westwards and looking over the altar towards the monks. On either hand lower benches for the clergy circled round. All of which we know by analogy it was the normal plan in early days and there are remains of the actual stone seats at Norwich and at Ely. The chancel or quire of the monks was separated from the nave by a high and solid stone screen. (the word chancel means This great screen was called the pulpitum. It consisted of two walls crossing the church and supporting a spacious loft or gallery on which stood the great silver crucifix, bequeathed in 1072 by Archbishop Stigand, with the figures of the Blessed Virgin and Saint John. The nave to the west of this screen formed an almost distinct church for the use of the public and had its own principal and lesser altars, and its own stalls and other furniture. The font of black Tournai marble (c. Barbaric but impressive, is sculptured with scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.