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ST, alban’s abbey, herts.
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of which there were originally thirteen on each side of the choir. The
architectural lines are struck out in bold and graceful curves, and the foliage
of the crockets is remarkably neat. This is a pleasing little example of the
style of that period when St. Katharine’s Hospital enjoyed the patronage of
Queen Philippa, whose portrait, with that of her royal spouse, Edward III., was
displayed amongst the sculptured ornaments of the stalls.* * * §
PLATE, No. 34.
ST. ALBAN’S ABBEY, HERTS.
No. 1. The door here represented belongs to a chapel behind the
high altar of the abbey church, where the shrine of St. Alban anciently
stood. It formed part of the works of William Wallingford, who presided
^s abbot from 1476 to 1484; or of John Wethamstead, who died in
1464. No. 2 is taken from a small chapel on the north side of the choir,
erected by abbot Thomas Ramryge, for his own sepulchre, in the reign of
King Henry VIII. This is a curious example of the latest style of Gothic
architecture, shewing a profusion of ornaments, but wanting the graceful
design which distinguished the works of the preceding age. The panels
are raised in form of folded scrolls, or drapery; a fashion which began in
the reign of Henry VIII., and continued to that of Elizabeth, and was
frequently applied to the wainscot panels and doors of domestic apartments, f
The Latin text is taken from the canticle of Hezekiah, king of Judah, re-
corded by the prophet Isaiah, chap. xxxviii. ver. 10, J which formed part of
the office of the dead in the ancient liturgy. Above it is the date of
construction. §
* Several of tliese ornaments are shevvn in Vol. II. of “ Specimens of Ancient Sculpture
and Painting,” published by the late John Carter, F.S.A. In folio. 1787.
-j- At the upper end of the hall of Magdalene College, Oxford, is a screen filled with this
sort of scrolls: the stalls of Henry VII.’s Chapel and the gates of St. James’s Palace have also
similar panels.
I Thus translated from the Vulgate version :—“ gatU, 3Ett tlk tnfagt of mg bagg H gljall go
to $0 gatcg of
§ Abbot Ramryge died in the year 1524, or about that time; after vvhich the abbey vvas
given in commendam to Cardinal Wolsey.
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of which there were originally thirteen on each side of the choir. The
architectural lines are struck out in bold and graceful curves, and the foliage
of the crockets is remarkably neat. This is a pleasing little example of the
style of that period when St. Katharine’s Hospital enjoyed the patronage of
Queen Philippa, whose portrait, with that of her royal spouse, Edward III., was
displayed amongst the sculptured ornaments of the stalls.* * * §
PLATE, No. 34.
ST. ALBAN’S ABBEY, HERTS.
No. 1. The door here represented belongs to a chapel behind the
high altar of the abbey church, where the shrine of St. Alban anciently
stood. It formed part of the works of William Wallingford, who presided
^s abbot from 1476 to 1484; or of John Wethamstead, who died in
1464. No. 2 is taken from a small chapel on the north side of the choir,
erected by abbot Thomas Ramryge, for his own sepulchre, in the reign of
King Henry VIII. This is a curious example of the latest style of Gothic
architecture, shewing a profusion of ornaments, but wanting the graceful
design which distinguished the works of the preceding age. The panels
are raised in form of folded scrolls, or drapery; a fashion which began in
the reign of Henry VIII., and continued to that of Elizabeth, and was
frequently applied to the wainscot panels and doors of domestic apartments, f
The Latin text is taken from the canticle of Hezekiah, king of Judah, re-
corded by the prophet Isaiah, chap. xxxviii. ver. 10, J which formed part of
the office of the dead in the ancient liturgy. Above it is the date of
construction. §
* Several of tliese ornaments are shevvn in Vol. II. of “ Specimens of Ancient Sculpture
and Painting,” published by the late John Carter, F.S.A. In folio. 1787.
-j- At the upper end of the hall of Magdalene College, Oxford, is a screen filled with this
sort of scrolls: the stalls of Henry VII.’s Chapel and the gates of St. James’s Palace have also
similar panels.
I Thus translated from the Vulgate version :—“ gatU, 3Ett tlk tnfagt of mg bagg H gljall go
to $0 gatcg of
§ Abbot Ramryge died in the year 1524, or about that time; after vvhich the abbey vvas
given in commendam to Cardinal Wolsey.
E