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where everything is vast , venerable , and lofty ; and the voice of the universal church below joins daily with the church above in lauding the great Architect of the universe .
Though the Saxon style of architecture prevails m the crypt , and the tower , standing on four massive piers , and the transepts , are Norman , Early English prevails at the east end , where there are two beautiful chantry chapels , in memorial of Bishop Waynflete and Cardinal Beaufort . We have here , not far from the altar , a work of
art strangely out of place—a Grecian monument of Bishop North , by Chantrey . As monuments should agree with the style of architecture in which they are placed , so should painted glass—a thing little attended to , perchance because the manufacturer of the glass is often no architect . Thus James Barr remarks , in his " Anglican Church Archtecture
*"—" Painted glass does not appear to have been generally used for the embellishment of windows until about themiddle of the twelfth century ; and in each style of mediaeval architecture will be found to be distinguished by certain peculiarities in the tone and disposition of the colours , which require to be carefully attended to by modern artists , since the effect and character of the sacred building are often greatly dependent upon the proper introduction of this beautiful and resplendent material . "
"Willement likewise remarks , in his Glossary of Architecture , " that stained glass ought properly to decorate and not supersede the architecture . " There are in this eastern portion of the cathedral three chapels , at the extreme end : one , dedicated to Bishop Langton ; the other , it is supposed , to Adam de Orlton , who was bishop eleven years ; while the remaining one in the centre is the chapel of " Thomas Silkstede , 5
Prior , ' dedicated to the Yirgin Mary , which contains a good deal of elaborate carving in wood , and curious fresco paintings on the wall , described at length by Milner . The greater part of the nave was recased with the arches , by William of Wykeham , who was consecrated Bishop of Winchester , October 10 , 1367 : it manifests the elegant simplicity and majesty of the perpendicular style which prevailed in the fifteenth and the commencement of the sixteenth
century . -Excepting St . Pauls cathedral , the naves ot the churches of York , Ely , and Winchester are the longest of those in England , all being in length 250 feet . The height of the tower of this church is 135 feet , while the height of the towers of the other churches we have just mentioned are 188 , 215 , and 340 feet respectively . The magnificent chaptry of William of Wycham , " a consummate architect
and engineer , " great both as a bishop and a Ereemason , is found in the nave on the south side . The bishop is represented in full episcopal costume , with two angels at his head , and at his feet three monks . We have not as yet mentioned the choir , with its fine stone screen , which was , with the side aisle , the work of Bishop Eox . " The high altar , " says Professor Willis , ct was fixed originally between the extreme pillars and the shrine of St . Swithun ., and the other saints appear to have
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where everything is vast , venerable , and lofty ; and the voice of the universal church below joins daily with the church above in lauding the great Architect of the universe .
Though the Saxon style of architecture prevails m the crypt , and the tower , standing on four massive piers , and the transepts , are Norman , Early English prevails at the east end , where there are two beautiful chantry chapels , in memorial of Bishop Waynflete and Cardinal Beaufort . We have here , not far from the altar , a work of
art strangely out of place—a Grecian monument of Bishop North , by Chantrey . As monuments should agree with the style of architecture in which they are placed , so should painted glass—a thing little attended to , perchance because the manufacturer of the glass is often no architect . Thus James Barr remarks , in his " Anglican Church Archtecture
*"—" Painted glass does not appear to have been generally used for the embellishment of windows until about themiddle of the twelfth century ; and in each style of mediaeval architecture will be found to be distinguished by certain peculiarities in the tone and disposition of the colours , which require to be carefully attended to by modern artists , since the effect and character of the sacred building are often greatly dependent upon the proper introduction of this beautiful and resplendent material . "
"Willement likewise remarks , in his Glossary of Architecture , " that stained glass ought properly to decorate and not supersede the architecture . " There are in this eastern portion of the cathedral three chapels , at the extreme end : one , dedicated to Bishop Langton ; the other , it is supposed , to Adam de Orlton , who was bishop eleven years ; while the remaining one in the centre is the chapel of " Thomas Silkstede , 5
Prior , ' dedicated to the Yirgin Mary , which contains a good deal of elaborate carving in wood , and curious fresco paintings on the wall , described at length by Milner . The greater part of the nave was recased with the arches , by William of Wykeham , who was consecrated Bishop of Winchester , October 10 , 1367 : it manifests the elegant simplicity and majesty of the perpendicular style which prevailed in the fifteenth and the commencement of the sixteenth
century . -Excepting St . Pauls cathedral , the naves ot the churches of York , Ely , and Winchester are the longest of those in England , all being in length 250 feet . The height of the tower of this church is 135 feet , while the height of the towers of the other churches we have just mentioned are 188 , 215 , and 340 feet respectively . The magnificent chaptry of William of Wycham , " a consummate architect
and engineer , " great both as a bishop and a Ereemason , is found in the nave on the south side . The bishop is represented in full episcopal costume , with two angels at his head , and at his feet three monks . We have not as yet mentioned the choir , with its fine stone screen , which was , with the side aisle , the work of Bishop Eox . " The high altar , " says Professor Willis , ct was fixed originally between the extreme pillars and the shrine of St . Swithun ., and the other saints appear to have