CATHEDRALS OF THE OLD AND NEW WORLD 



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THE) CHOIR OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL 



Though finely proportioned and impressive, the interior of this church produces a rather 

 cold and bare effect, due to the absence of painted glass (destroyed by the Puritan Re- 

 formers) and the rearrangement of the memorial tombs by the so-called restorer Wyatt. 

 Hardly a trace of foreign influence appears. Salisbury is one of the few great cathedrals 

 begun and practically completed within the span of a single generation — between 1220 and 

 1260. For an exterior view see page 76. 



