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PLATE i.
TWO CAPITALS in the Chapter-houfe. Thefe are in depth eight inches, and including
the fufpended capitals, are in number two hundred and eighty-four, each different in defign.
They are executed in ftone : The foliage of all has been gilded; and the figures,
heads,
and animals have been painted in their proper colours.
PLATE 2.
FOUR BOSSES in the paffage to the Chapter-houfe. Thefe are nine inches in diameter, with
a projection of four inches in the centre j they are near ten feet from the floor, and are in
number twenty-two, of various defigns ; they are cut in ftone, and have been gilded.
PLATE 3.
TWO HEADS in the Chapter-houfe. Thefe are in depth about four inches, and are executed
in (lone; originally they were in number one hundred and eighty-fix. The faces and
drapery have been painted in their proper colours, and the ornaments gilded. Several of
them are totally deftroyed by time, and many have evidently been replaced by inferior
artifts.
PLATE 4.
TWO CAPITALS in the Choir End of the Church. Thefe are one foot four inches in
depth, and twenty-eight feet fix inches from the floor.—The pillars are compofed of
twelve cylinders with hollow fpaces : The cylinders are twenty-five feet in length : Four
of them are one foot five inches in diameter, four are ten inches in diameter, and the remaining
four are feven inches and three quarters in diameter. The pillars are fixteen in
number, with four femi-pillars. From their capitals fpring the Arches to the fide Ailes,
PLATE 5.
FOUR KNOTS in the ceiling of the Choir End of the Church.
Including the Tranfept near
the Altar, there are in the Ribs, or Groins, two hundred and ninety-nine knots, from two
feet to two feet fix inches in length. Thofe in the centre are ninety-nine feet from the
floor and are all cut in oak, except thofe over the crowns of the windows which are in
ftone. The foliage of all has originally been gilded, and the figures and heads painted
in their proper colours. The principal Groins are in projection one foot one inch, and
in breadth ten inches and a half. The fmaller ones project eleven inches, and are feven
inches in breadth.
In the next number will be given a compleat Stall, which will explain the Situation and
Dimenfions of the refpective parts of the Chapter-houfe, exhibited in this Work.