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English cathedrals, etc. [notebook 10]

Reference code
HOP/01/12
Title
English cathedrals, etc. [notebook 10]
Date
c. 1891-4
Level of description
item
Extent and format
1 volume
Black binding.
Scope and content
Notebook containing handwritten notes on various English cathedrals. There is a description of an excavation of multiple vaults at Canterbury cathedral in 1891 along with a description of the virtues around the chapter house door at Salisbury cathedral. There are rough sketches throughout and copies of Latin inscriptions. There is also a photograph inside the notebook detailing an inscription at Winchester cathedral and correspondence relating to the arms of the college for the Charter foundation.
Creator
Hope, William Henry St John (1854-1919), Knight, archaeologist and antiquary