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though the windows which are opposite to 
each other correspond in almost every in- 
stance. ‘Though all the windows are adorn- 
ed with tracery and painted glass, yet the two 
large ones to the east and the west are more 
pre-eminently so. The former was repaired 
and beautified from the bequest of Henry 
Blackburn, a canon, in 1790, when an agree- 
ment was made with Lyon, of Exeter, gla- 
zier, to furnish the new glass at 1s. 8d. per 
foot; and that during the time employed, he 
was to have 3s. 4d. per week for his own 
work, and 2s. for his family. ‘This window 
Gs still in good preservation, and contains 
‘nineteen whole fetisth figures of the patri- 
‘archs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with some 
saints and other personages. Besides several 
painted figures, there are also various armorial 
Bearings of the Plantagenet and Courtenay 
families, and different bishops of the see. 
The great west window, measuring 37 feet 
high by 27 feet broad, was fitted up with 
ainted glass, &e. in 1766. The lower part 
1s divided into nine compartments, seven of 
which are occupied with full length figures 
of as many saints, that of St. Peter being in the 
centre. Besides various crests, coronets, mot- 
tos, Mosaic work, and other ornaments, this 
elegant window is emblazoned with forty: six 
coats of arms, properly adorned with their 
fields, supporters, quarterings, &c. The upper 
portion consists of two circular mouldings, 
Focluding several cinquefoils, quatrefoils, 
and trefoils, each containing a complete coat 
of arms} and the centre is occupied with the 
arms of the king of England. 
«© Jn the north tower is a curious clock, 
iven by Bishop Courtenay to the cathedral. 
Thisis worthy of notice from the singularity 
of its ornaments, and the ingenuity of its 
mechanism. On the face or dial are two cit- 
cles, marked with figures. The interior cir- 
cle is marked from 1 to $0, whereby is shewn 
the age of the moon, which is represented by 
an artificial ball revolving within the circle, 
and which changes its aspect with the vary- 
ing phases of that satellite. In the centre is 
a globe, representing the earth; the figures 
on the outer circle mark the hours of the day 
and night. 
«On the south side of the altar are three 
stone seats or stalls, the canopies and crna- 
ments of which are extremely rich and ele- 
gant. ‘The recess, or back of each seat, 
forms a semi-octagon, and is adorned with 
enriched Mosaic work. At the top of the 
back of the central seat is the bust of a bishop, 
and in each of the lJaieral seats is that of a 
priest. The seats as they rise form the plinths 
for the columus, which are supported by cou- 
chant lions. The columms.on each side of 
the centre niche are of gilt brass.” In St. 
Masy’s chapel are three stone seats of similar 
character to those just mentioned. om 
<The most elegant ornament of the choir 
is the bishop's threne, the whole of which is 
composed of wood, carved in a very delicate 
and tasteful manner, and constructed te form 
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES. 
~ Courtenay, is an object of much notoriety. 
a light pyramid of arches, columns, nichts, 
age crochets, and foliated ornaments. 
ts hefht is fifty-two feet. The screen or 
rood-loft, which separates the nave from the 
choir, is supported in front by four Purbeck- 
stone pillars, from which spring the groins of 
three flat arches; above these is a row of 
thirteen small arches, or niches, filled with 
some curious specimens of ancient paintings. - 
These represent different events in sacred his- 
tory. The screen supports a large and very 
grand organ, esteemed among the finest in- 
struments of the kind in England. It was 
built in 1665 by John Loosemore, but has 
since received many improvements from Jor~ 
dan and Micheau. This organ fas one sin- 
gularity, which we never observed in any 
other. Independent of the pipes inclosed in 
the case, it has some latera ae attached 
to the side columns of the building. These 
are said to be the largest in this country, 
and belong to a stop called the double-dia- 
pazon, which is an octave below the com- 
mon pitch. The stops so well cover each 
other, that neither the reed stops, nor the 
false ones (sesquialtera, &c.) are distinguish- 
ed. This circumstance, perhaps, may ac- 
count for that purity of tone for which the 
instrument is famed. 
“ The great Leil of Exeter, given by Bishop 
It weighs 12,500 pounds, and is still sus- 
pended at the very top of the north tower. 
The weight of this bell has been strangely 
misrepresented by different.persons who have 
written concerning the cathedral; but as 
Tzacke was living when it was re-east in 
1675, his authority is to be preferred. In 
the south tower are eleven bells, ten of which 
are rung in peal. 
«« The following chapels have been erected 
at different periods within the cathedral, and 
have generally become the burial-places of 
the bishops who founded them. St. Mary's 
at the east end, is appropriated to a library. 
St. Mary Magdalen’s is to the north of it, 
and Sé. Galriel’s on the south. St. Andrew's 
is used as a vestry by the canons and preben- 
daries, and St. James's a vestry for the priest 
vicars. In each of the two last chapels were 
two altars. The chapel of S¢. John is under 
the south tower, that of S¢. Paul's under the 
north tower. Bishop Grandison’s chapel is 
between his screen and the wall of the west 
front. ‘At the south east corner of the choir 
is Oldham’s, and at the opposite angle of the 
choir is Spektes’ Chapel. Sevéral of these 
little apartments are adorned with a great 
variety of sculptured ornaments. 
«© Tn concluding the account of this fabric, 
we shall again avail ourselves of the senti- 
ments of Sir H. Englefield, as being strictly 
coincident with our own. ‘It is not easy to 
quit the subject of this celebrated cathedral,’ 
he observes, without noticing the sin- 
gular felicity which attended its erection. 
Daring the long period of fifty years, no 
tasteless or yain prelate interfered with the 
