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| THE LADY CHAPEL, CT. PATRICK'S, DUBLIN. -The exquisite interior of St. Mary's, or the Eastern, now generally called the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral, is pictured in the accompanying sketch. It is supposed to have been founded by Archbishop Saundford, in the latter portion of the 14th century, and appears to have been originally subdivided into three chapels, of which St. Stephen's is one. Rev. Alexander Lepeer says the "the handsome clustering pillars, with their branching capitals, are said to have been modeled after those of the Chapter House of Salisbury Cathedral." The exiled French Huguenots were permitted to worship in this chapel after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, when many of them settled in Dublin, immediately following the battle of the Boyne. In it are still held the Chapter Visitaions, "and every new Canon formally takes his seat in the Chapter." Among the objects of interest to be seen in the Chapel, which is now chiefly used for mission purposes, are two beautifully carved chairs of Irish oak, formed from the rafters of the old roof, which, after the lapse of centuries, were found in good condition, when Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness had all the buildings repaired. Two other antique chairs are shown, in one of which King William III is said to have sat, when he attended services at the cathedral in 1690. |
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