The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See (Classic Reprint)

Walter Debenham Sweeting

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440074186 ISBN 13: 9781440074189

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2010

Excerpt from The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge and scholarship to be of value to the student of Archaeology and History, and yet not too technical in language for the use of an ordinary visitor or tourist. To specify all the authorities which have been made use of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place. But amongst the general sources of information which have been almost invariably found useful are: - (1) the great county histories, the value of which, especially in questions of genealogy and local records, is generally recognised: (2) the numerous papers by experts which appear from time to time in the Transactions of the Antiquarian and Are haeological Societies: (3) the important documents made accessible in the series issued by the Master of the Rolls; (4) the well-known works of Britton and Willis on the English Cathedrals; and (5) the very excellent series of Handbooks to the Cathedrals, originated by the late Mr. John Murray, to which the reader may in most cases be referred for fuller detail, especially in reference to the histories of the respective sees. 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 rema

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GENERAL PREFACE.
THIS series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors
to the great English Cathedrals with accurate amI well illu!'itrated
guide-books at a popubr price. The aim of each writer
has been to produce a work compiled with sufficient knowledge
and scholarship to be of Oalue to the student of Archxology
and History. and yet not too technical in langua~e for the use
of an ordinary visitor or tourist.
To specify all the authorities which haOe been made use
of in each case would be difficult and tedious in this place.
But amongst the general sources of information which have
been almost invariahly fOl1nd useful are: - (J) the great
county histories, the value of which, especially in questions
of geneal()o~Y and local records, is generally recognised: (z)
the numerous papers hy experts which appear from time to
time in tht: Transactiuns uf the .:ntiquarian and .rchxological
Societies: (3) the important documents made accessible in
the series iss

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; CIIAPTEJ: l-Hi~torr of the Cathedral Church of S Peter; CIIAPTEJ: 11-The C:tthedral - Exkriur; The "c~t Front; Th~ Tom,:rs; ThL' Porch and I'ar"isl"; ThL' Bell-Tower; The Dean",; Dl)Or ; The Lankrn-Tower; Th~ X orth Transept; The :c Buihling ,; The South Transept; "-'flAI"IER III-Th~ C':tthedr:tl-lntL'rior; The Choir; The: Choi r ~talls; The Pulpit :tnd Thrune; The Organ, Baldachino and P:tn:lllcnt; The Screens; The Lectern ; The Xe' Building; The Transepts; The Saxon t 'hurch ; Tht: : a 't:; The :a'c Ceiling ; Thc 'e~t Transept; Altars; Staincd Glass; The I 'an'ise; :'-lonulllents and Inscriptions; CIII'TFk I' Tht: ~I instcr I'recinct~ and City; The Chapel of S Thumas of Cante