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to be found in the collection. The inventory of the jewels and riches 

 belonging to the Cathedral made by Master Thomas Kobertson, Treasurer 

 in 1536, fills nine pages ; whilst the inventory here printed from the 

 original " Eegister of St. Osmund" of the years 1214 — 1222 fills fourteen 

 pages more. An inventory of still earlier times, circa 1078 — 99, of 

 St. Osmund's own gifts to his Cathedral at Old Sarum is also given. 

 Then follows an important essay on the sites of the mediaeval altars of 

 the Cathedral — a subject which Canon Wordsworth has specially made 

 his own. He points out that Canon Rich Jones when treating of this sub- 

 ject appealed to the rubrics of the Sarum Precessionale, but only to that 

 printed in 1502, &c, which was drawn up not for use specially at the 

 Cathedral, but for general use in any Church. The MS. now printed, how- 

 ever, in the order of service at the washing of the altars on Maundy 

 Thursday, gives directions for visiting all the altars in the Cathedral in rota- 

 tion, and from this and other sources of information Canon Wordsworth is 

 able to give us a diagram of the Cathedral showing the position of the various 

 altars, chantries, and chapels, with copious notes as to the theories of former 

 writers on this subject. The order of the stalls, and the seats in the 

 Chapter House are also dealt with. The modern service for the com- 

 memoration of founders and benefactors, revived in 1889, is printed in 

 full. A bibliographical list of early printed books of the Sarum Use, &c, 

 and copious indices — of altars ; of obits ; of saints and relics , and of liturgical 

 forms ; as well as a general index, complete a book of much general 

 interest, and of very great value to the liturgical and ecclesiological student. 



Reviewed Guardian, Jan. 1, 1902; Spectator, Sept. 28th; Wilts County 

 Mirror, Oct. 4th, 1901. 



The Abbey Churches of Bath and Malmesbury, and 

 the Church of Saint Lawrence, Bradford- on- 

 Avon. By the Rev. T. Perkins, M,A., Rector of 



Turnworth, Dorset. London : George Bell & Sons, 1901. Cloth, cr. 8vo., 

 pp. 116. Price 1*. 6d. nett. 



This is one of the " Cathedral Series" of handbooks published of late 

 years by Messrs. Bell & Sons, which at a marvellously cheap rate provide 

 sound information, architecturally and historically, and admirable 

 photographic illustrations, for anyone who cares really to study the 

 architecture of our larger Churches. 



In this volume Malmesbury Abbey occupies pages 31 — 101, and the 

 Saxon Church at Bradford-on-Avon pages 103—116. The illustrations 

 of the former are The Conventual Seal — The Abbey Church from the 

 South— Supposed Tomb of Athelstan— The South Aisle— Elevation of 

 a Bay of the Nave (from Britton) — Restored Ground Plan— The Watching 

 Loft— The S.W. Angle— Market Cross— South Side of the Abbey Church 

 from the Porch Roof— Remains of the W. Front— The S.W. Turret- 

 Carving on the South Porch — The S. Porch — Tympanum of the S. 

 Doorway — Decorated Windows, S. Side — Ruined Tower and present E. 

 End— Present W. Window— W. End (Interior)— Main Arcade, N. Side 

 —Easternmost Arch on N. Side — Triforium and Clerestory, N. Side— 



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