Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 247
triforiumon the north side shows the probable place of one of the pairs of organs, ofwhich the church possessed three. The aisles are vaulted, and still show tracesof rich decoration in colour upon a plastered sui-face; the great nave itself has 192 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Ely. been ceiled in recent… … CHOIR OF ELY CATHEDRAL. Gloucester, who, after the death of his old friend and school-fellow, continuedthe half-finished work. We have said that Abbot Simeon commenced the present church in 1082,probably by laying the foundations of the south transept. His successor,Richard, appointed in 1100,…
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