to Bishop Selwyn was pointed out. The Dean having invited 

 the attention of his visitors to the curious junction of the 

 Early Decorated work in the Presbytery with that of the 

 Early English in the Choir, a move was made to the Chapter 

 House, which is singular as being an irregular polygon, instead 

 of an octagon, as is usually the case with chapter houses of 

 secular foundations. 



The party then attended Evensong in the Caathedrl, after 

 which Bishop Abraham exhibited the beautiful eighth century MS. 

 of the Gospels of S. Chad, and standing on the spot once occupied 

 by the Shrine, said : — " I have set the famous MS. of S. Chad's 

 Gospels on what is believed to be the exact site of his Shrine, at 

 the chord of the apse of the Lady Chapel. They are called S. 

 Chad's Gospels, because they lay on the altar in this Cathedral 

 Church. The current story that S. Chad exchanged the horse, 

 which Bede says Archbishop Theodore gave him when he sent 

 him into Mercia, for this MS., is a myth, based upon the genuine 

 account in Latin, on the margin of the last page of S. Matthew. 

 Here it is shown that Gelhi, son of Ahuitiud, bought this Evan- 

 gelium of Cingal, and gave him a very good horse for it, and then 

 for the good of his own soul he gave this Evangelium to God and 

 S. Teilio, to be placed on the altar (i.e. of Llandaff). It is 

 probable that the MS. passed to Lichfield in the time of Bishop 

 Kinsy, 940, ad., who has written his name at the top cf the 

 first page. 



" The Shrine itself was so rich that a Monk lived in what is 

 now called the Consistory Court and the Monk's Larder. He 

 could watch the Shrine from the Minstrelsy. The late clerk of the 

 works laid open the head of -the arch of a doorway on the level of 

 the pavement of the Consistory Court, which probably gave com- 

 munication with the Priest's College on the opposite side of the 

 road, where the Theological College is now. Another trace of the 

 repute in which the Shrine was held is the right of road across the 

 Minster Pool, and through the College Garden to the south door 

 of the Cathedral, held by the Mayor and Corporation to secure 

 access for the Pilgrims to the Shrine. The College now pays an 

 annual rent to the City for it. 



