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Article ST. SAVIOUR'S AND ITS MONUMENTS. ← Page 3 of 9 →
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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
tion of the houses in its vicinity , and the modern buildings of ail kinds in its more immediate neighbourhood , it seems sunk in a low flat piece of ground , without any of the advantages of a good striking situation . But notAA'ithstanding this , it AA ' OUM be impossible for any one , however ignorant of the beauties of antiquityor practicallunacquainted with the details of church
, y architecture , to pass within sight of so elegant a structure , and bestoAV on it only a superficial glance . The plan of St . Mary Overies , or to use its modern designation of St . Saviour ' s , is that of a cross , formed by the beautiful Lady Chapel , the choir , and the nave , and crossed in the centre by the transept , from which rises a noble tower 150 feet in height . The interior is a perfect
illustration of the style of building of the thirteenth century , ancl is both elegant and devotional in its character . The range of pillars and the smaller arches above them , with the intersecting transepts , are peculiarly fine and Avorthy of attention ; but the altar-screen is so beautiful , so chaste , so elaborate in its separate partsand yet Avithal so harmonious in its general effect
, , as to place all ordinary descriptive language at defiance . It is supposed to have been erected at the cost and from the designs of Fox ., Bishop of Winchester , from the circumstance of the pelican , his device , forming a portion of the cornice .
In the centre are three large niches surmounting one another and extending to the top ; whilst foiu- smaller ones are broken by figures of angels . Birds , animals , flowers , fruit , leaves , and other ornaments , decorate every available space , ancl help to form a rich and tasteful work of art , Avhose beauty demands and repays the minutest scrutiny . Behind the screen is the Lady
Chapel , with its exquisitely groined roof , its light graceful pillars , and its windows with the painted shields , so well adapted to complete their effective appearance . In the centre stands the tomb of the venerable and excellent Bishop Lancelot Andrews , celebrated as having been one of the translators of the Protestant version of the Biblea man of sound ietzealous
, py , , upright , and in great esteem with king and people . It is an altar-tomb , bearing an effigy of the good bishop in a recumbent position , and habited in his robes , as prelate of the Order of the Garter . He ivas a humorist , and apt at repartee , and it is recorded of him that upon an occasion when he was dining at the palacein company with NealeBishop of Durhamthe
, , , king , James the First , having asked the latter whether it was not lawful for him , as king , to take his subjects' money , without the intervention of Parliament , was answered by Neale in this fashion : " God forbid but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : " the king , turning to Andrews , said , " What say
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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
tion of the houses in its vicinity , and the modern buildings of ail kinds in its more immediate neighbourhood , it seems sunk in a low flat piece of ground , without any of the advantages of a good striking situation . But notAA'ithstanding this , it AA ' OUM be impossible for any one , however ignorant of the beauties of antiquityor practicallunacquainted with the details of church
, y architecture , to pass within sight of so elegant a structure , and bestoAV on it only a superficial glance . The plan of St . Mary Overies , or to use its modern designation of St . Saviour ' s , is that of a cross , formed by the beautiful Lady Chapel , the choir , and the nave , and crossed in the centre by the transept , from which rises a noble tower 150 feet in height . The interior is a perfect
illustration of the style of building of the thirteenth century , ancl is both elegant and devotional in its character . The range of pillars and the smaller arches above them , with the intersecting transepts , are peculiarly fine and Avorthy of attention ; but the altar-screen is so beautiful , so chaste , so elaborate in its separate partsand yet Avithal so harmonious in its general effect
, , as to place all ordinary descriptive language at defiance . It is supposed to have been erected at the cost and from the designs of Fox ., Bishop of Winchester , from the circumstance of the pelican , his device , forming a portion of the cornice .
In the centre are three large niches surmounting one another and extending to the top ; whilst foiu- smaller ones are broken by figures of angels . Birds , animals , flowers , fruit , leaves , and other ornaments , decorate every available space , ancl help to form a rich and tasteful work of art , Avhose beauty demands and repays the minutest scrutiny . Behind the screen is the Lady
Chapel , with its exquisitely groined roof , its light graceful pillars , and its windows with the painted shields , so well adapted to complete their effective appearance . In the centre stands the tomb of the venerable and excellent Bishop Lancelot Andrews , celebrated as having been one of the translators of the Protestant version of the Biblea man of sound ietzealous
, py , , upright , and in great esteem with king and people . It is an altar-tomb , bearing an effigy of the good bishop in a recumbent position , and habited in his robes , as prelate of the Order of the Garter . He ivas a humorist , and apt at repartee , and it is recorded of him that upon an occasion when he was dining at the palacein company with NealeBishop of Durhamthe
, , , king , James the First , having asked the latter whether it was not lawful for him , as king , to take his subjects' money , without the intervention of Parliament , was answered by Neale in this fashion : " God forbid but you should ; you are the breath of our nostrils : " the king , turning to Andrews , said , " What say