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this building. There are sixty-four richly canopied stalls
for the dignitaries of the Cathedral, namely, six on either
side of the entrance doorway, and twenty-six running up the
length of the choir north and south. These are completed
on the south by the Archbishop's throne, and on the opposite
side by the pulpit. The whole is of oak most beautifully
€arved, being finished off with crockets and enriched finials.
At the foot of the steps rising to the altar, between the
throne and pulpit, is the lectern or brazen eagle, from which
the lessons are read. At the east end, the altar is reached
by fifteen steps.
Behind the altar table is an open stone screen, having
mullions with transoms, tracery in the upper part, and an
ornamented embattled parapet; the eight lights are filled with
plate glass ;
thus dividing the choir from the lady chapel. In
front of this is a reredos of oak, with tryptich, containing an
alto-relievo cast of the Crucifixion. The sides of the upper
part of the choir are also glazed. In the aisles and lady chapel
are a number of remarkable tombs and efi^igies. The south
aisle contains several modern erections to the memory of
soldiers and others, namely:
A marble monument to Lieut. Henry Lees, 3rd Dragoon
Guards, accidentally killed by a fall from his horse in Phoenix
Park, Dublin, 30th September, 1876.
A marble monument to the officers and 191 men of the 33rd
Eegiment, who died whilst serving in India in 1857 to 1867.
A monumental brass to Frederick Yyner who was murdered
by Greek brigands on the 21st April, 1870.
A monumental brass to the officers and men of the l9th
Eegiment who fell in the Eussian war of 1854-5.
A sculptured monument to the memory of the officers and
men of the 51st or 2nd West Eiding Eegiment who fell in
the war in Burmah in 1852-3.
A monument to the officers and men of the 84th Eegiment
who fell in the Indian mutiny, 1857-9.
A monument to the officers and men of the 33rd Eegiment
who fell in the Eussian war, 1854-6
A monument to William Mason (1797), the poet, canon
residentiary of York, and also of his nephew, William Henry
Dixon (1854), joint authors of *'The Lives of the Archbishops
of York."