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Southwark Cathedral (2), London
Looking along the North Aisle into the retro-quire. There are a number of monuments to be seen along this aisle including the monument to Richard Humble and a wooden effigy which is one of the oldest wooden effigies in this country.
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Also in the North Aisle is the Nonsuch Chest. A beautifully inlaid chest made by German immigrants and was given to the church in 1588.
It is called the Nonsuch Chest either because it was unique or because it was inspired by Nonsuch House, an elaborately decorated house towards the south end of the old London Bridge.
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The view from the retro-quire through one of two doorways in the Great Sceen into the Quire and Nave beyond.
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Along the South Aisle were a series of late 19th century windows depicting Elizabethan dramatists including Shakespeare which were all destroyed by a German bomb in 1940. This replacement Shakespeare Window was designed in 1954.
The left-hand light depicts characters from Shakespeare's comedies, the centre light shows characters from The Tempest and the right-hand light depicts characters from Shakespeare's tragedies.
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