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The Canterbury Cathedral

tion now much depleted. The Chapel retains decorative schemes from the twelfth to the sixteenth century; the most evident are the sun and stars depicted on the Eastern Vault. Both the screens and the vaults are richly decorated with expensive pigments and gilding. See statue and Screen.…The Chapter House The visitor will notice much decoration in the Chapter House, but little of this is contemporary with the building itself. It seems that the restoration undertaken by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1896 is the derivation of the most of the extant painting.…The Cloisters The vault of the south walk, the earliest to be constructed is decorated with pre-Christian motifs such as 'Jack in the Green'. The heraldic shields may indicate that their owners contributed to the funding of the later parts of the Cloisters. …St. Eustace Probably the most attractive to the visitor is the large painting depicting the legend of St. Eustace. This is a fifteenth century oil based painting illustrating scenes from the life and martyrdom of St. Eustace and is on the north wall of the North Quire Aisle, immediately west of the North East Transept. The scenes fill the blind arch, which is nineteen feet high and nearly nine feet wide. The painting was discovered under lime wash in the nineteenth century and was retouched and covered with a wax varnish early in the twentieth century. Agood deal of what the visitor now sees is relatively modern or an adaptation of the original.…St. Andrew's Chapel The Chapel retains extensive remains of decorated painting from the 12th century onwards: post - 1174 masonry pattern and geometric diaper; 14th century vine scroll and 'IHS' monograms within crowns of thorns, and 15th and 16th century Tudor Rose imitation tapestries, fleur - de- lys and 'IHS' monograms....

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