Fergusson, James: The illustrated handbook of architecture: being a concise and popular account of the different styles of architecture preveiling in all ages and all countries (London, 1859)

Chap. I.

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.

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tinued down to tlie Eefonnation. As it is one of tlie most important
and interesting of all, a sornewhat detailed description of it may render
wliat foUows more intelligible.

679. Yiew of the Chapter House and Angel Tower, Canterbury. From a drawing by G. Scharf.

T\ Een Lanfranc, A'bbot of Caen, w?as appointed by the Conqneror, in
1070, to the see of Canterbury, lie found the old Saxon cathedral in
ruins, Eaving been destroyed by fire some years previously. Ide com-
menced a new on e exactly on the same plan and of the same dimensions
as the cliurch of St. Stephen at Caen, consisting of a nave and transept,

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