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The Quire Screen.
This rather striking feature, situated under the crossing, is the quire or pulpitum screen dividing the nave from the quire. Beatuifully carved it has niches holding statues of saints and was completed around 1450.
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The West Window.
Standing under the crossing, with the quire screen behind, we get this splendid view of the west window. The oldest window in Canterbury Cathedral shows Adam delving and dates to about 1176. In the 18th century this window, and others, were moved to be part of the West Window. Adam delving now lives in the centre of the bottom tier of the West Window.
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Looking up the 15th century Bell Harry Tower, 235 feet high, to the 16th century fan vaulting in the roof.
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The Quire. In 1174 the 12th-century choir was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt, over a period of 11 years, as a suitable setting for the shrine of the recently murdered archbishop of Canterbury, St Thomas Becket.
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The Corona Chapel.
This little chapel is situated at the easternmost point in the cathedral accessed from the Ambulatory. It used to contain the crown (corona) of Beckett's skull severed by his assassin's sword. The stained glass windows are 13th century.
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