
The Cathedral Church of Salisbury
A Description of its Fabric and A Brief History of the See of Sarum [Illustrated Edition]
- 112 pages
- English
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The Cathedral Church of Salisbury
A Description of its Fabric and A Brief History of the See of Sarum [Illustrated Edition]
About this book
Includes more than 40 detailed illustrations.Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury.The building is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic architecture. Its main body was completed in 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.The spire, built in 1320, at 404 feet (123 m), has been the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom since 1561. Visitors can take the "Tower Tour", in which the interior of the hollow spire, with its ancient wooden scaffolding, can be viewed. The cathedral has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain at 80 acres (32 ha). It contains a clock which is among the oldest working examples in the world, and has one of the four surviving original copies of Magna Carta. In 2008, the cathedral celebrated the 750th anniversary of its consecration.
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Table of contents
- Title page
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- GENERAL PREFACE.
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. MARY.
- THE CATHEDRAL-EXTERIOR.
- THE INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL AND CHAPTER HOUSE.
- THE CATHEDRAL PRECINCTS.
- HISTORY OF THE SEE.
- THE DIOCESE OF SARUM.
- THE CLOSE AND CHURCHES.