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The cathedrals of Great Britain, their history and architecture (1902)

Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · London : J. M. Dent & company; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott coy. · leaf 272

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enced at the east end of that side. The mouldings on thenorth are bold rounds, while those on the south are shallow andsmall hollows. The triforium has a series of elaborately-carvedcusped arches, and the clerestory windows are light and graceful,with geometrical tracery. The vault is modern,… … THE CHOIR Chester Cathedral 259 shafts spring. The carving of the Choir Stalls is equal, if notsuperior, to anything in England. These are fourteenth-centurywork, and rival the noble stalls of Amiens. They have beenrestored with much accuracy and taste. The carving of the deansstall should be…

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