Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul / An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
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- THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF
- SAINT PAUL
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE OLD AND NEW BUILDINGS WITH A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH
- THE REV. ARTHUR DIMOCK, M.A.
- WITH XXXIX ILLUSTRATIONS
- LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1900
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
- CHAPTER I.ToC
- ITS FOUNDATION AND HISTORY TO THE ACCESSION OF DEAN COLET (61-1505).
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II.ToC
- FROM THE ACCESSION OF DEAN COLET TO THE FIRE (1505-1666).
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III.ToC
- OLD ST. PAUL'S—EXTERIOR.
- INTERIOR.
- THE PRECINCTS.
- DIMENSIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER IV.ToC
- FROM THE FIRE TO THE COMPLETION OF NEW ST. PAUL'S (1666-1710).
- FOOTNOTES:
- NEW ST. PAUL'S.
- CHAPTER V.ToC
- NEW ST. PAUL'S.
- EXTERIOR.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VI.ToC
- INTERIOR.
- THE NAVE.
- THE DOME.
- THE TRANSEPTS.
- THE CHOIR.
- THE MONUMENTS.
- THE CRYPT.
- THE GALLERIES AND LIBRARY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIIToC
- CONCLUSION (1710-1897)
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX A.ToC
- BISHOPS AND DEANS.
- BISHOPS BEFORE THE CONQUEST.
- BISHOPS AND DEANS AFTER THE CONQUEST.
- APPENDIX B.ToC
- COMPARATIVE SIZE OF ST. PAUL'S.
- DIMENSIONS.
- CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
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