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B.—List of Altars in Old St. Paul's

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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page 178 note a The figures refer to the pages in Dugdale's S Paul's at-which mention of each particular altar is made. There may have been many other altars in the Cathedral, no others have, however, come under my notice.

page 178 note b L = List of Altars in 1271, in Liber L. a manuscript preserved in the cathedral.

page 178 note c The cathedral possessed relics inclosed in a crystal vase, “De Alba et de Casula et Dalmatica in quibus S. Edmundus Confessor fuit tumulatus,” 314Google Scholar, and also “Rochetum S. Edmundi, Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis,” 339.Google Scholar

page 178 note d Amongst the treasures of S. Paul's was preserved, “Ciphus de mazero, qm fuit S. Erkenwaldi,” 315.Google Scholar

page 178 note e Amongst the relics presented to the cathedral by Ralph de Diceto was “Testa S. Ypoliti Martyris,” 337.Google Scholar

page 179 note a Ralph de Diceto presented several relics to the cathedral, and amongst them “Cultellus Domini,” 337.Google Scholar

page 179 note b Weever, , p. 170Google Scholar, gives the inscription placed upon this altar, by Roger Waltham, “Precentor.” Payne Fisher also gives it, with some variations, p. 144. Waltham was Prebendary of Caddington Minor between 1316 and 1329, but his name does not occur in the lists of Precentors given by Dugdale or Le Neve.

page 179 note c The High Altar was dedicated to S. Paul; the northern Altar to S. Ethelbert, King and Confessor; and the southern to S. Mellitus. See supra, p. 56.

page 180 note a S. Paul's was rich in relics of Thomas à Becket, “Baculus qui dicitur fuisse beati Thomæ Martyris,” 314Google Scholar, and “Duas pecias de capite S. Thomæ Martyris; et de pilis et de vestibus ipsius,” 337Google Scholar, are enumerated in our catalogues.