The Cathedral Church of York

Cathedral Church of York, by A. Clutton-Brock

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Title: The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See
Author: A. Clutton-Brock
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Language: English
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[Illustration: York Minster, the West Front and Nave.]

THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
YORK
A DESCRIPTION OF ITS FABRIC AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ARCHI-EPISCOPAL SEE
BY A. CLUTTON-BROCK
[Illustration: The Arms of the See]
WITH FORTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1899
W. H. WHITE AND CO. LTD. RIVERSIDE PRESS, EDINBURGH
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GENERAL PREFACE
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 Archaeological 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.
GLEESON WHITE. EDWARD F. STRANGE.
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AUTHOR'S PREFACE
I have usually followed Professor Willis in his account of the Minster, and my obligations to his excellent works are general and continuous.
Professor Willis made careful and extensive observations of the Crypt and other parts of the Minster during the restoration, which gave him opportunities for investigation now impossible. He also brought to these observations a learning and sagacity probably greater than those of any other writer on English Gothic Architecture, and his little book remains the standard work on the history of the Minster.
I regret that I have been unable to agree with several of the theories of that most enthusiastic and diligent writer, Mr John Browne, or even to discuss them as I should have liked; but his books must always be of great value to every one interested in the history of York. I am also indebted to Canon Raine's excellent works and compilations; to Mr Winston for his remarks on the glass in the Minster; and to Professor Freeman for his interesting criticisms of the fabric generally.
A. C.-B.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
--History of the See and City 3
CHAPTER II.
--History of the Building 30
CHAPTER III.
--Description of the Exterior 47 The West Front 48 The North Transept 56 The Chapter-House 60 The Choir 61 The South Transept 63 The Central Tower 67
CHAPTER IV.
--Description of the Interior 68 The Nave 68 The Transepts 80 The Chapter-House 93 The Choir 98 The Crypt 120 The Record Room 123 Monuments 125 Stained Glass 133
CHAPTER V.
--The Archbishops 140

ILLUSTRATIONS
York Minster, the West Front and Nave Frontispiece Arms of the See Title Page The Minster and Bootham Bar, from Exhibition Square 2 St Mary's Abbey 9 Bootham Bar 15 Walmgate Bar 19, 24 Micklegate Bar 25 The Shambles 29 The Minster (from an Old Print) 35 The West Front (1810) 39 The East End (from Britton) 43 The West Front--Main Entrance 49 The Exterior, from the South-East 53 The Exterior, from the North 57 Bay of Choir--Exterior 62 South Transept--Porch 65 Seal of St Mary's Abbey 67 The Nave 69 The Nave--South Aisle 77 South Transept, Triforium, and Clerestory 91 Chapter-House--Entrance and Sedilia 97 The Choir Screen 100 The Choir, looking East 101 Bay of Choir--Interior 103 The Choir, looking West 107 Compartment of Ancient Choir Stalls 110 Compartment of Altar Screen 111 The Choir in 1810 115 The Virgin and Child (a Carving behind the Altar) 119 The Crypt 121 Capitals in Crypt 122, 123 Effigy of Manley 125 Effigy of Archbishop de Grey 128