He built the low wall between it and
the Saint's Chapel with seats under the arcading to be occupied by
members of the chapter, and paved the floor with polished marble (see
illustration, p. 64).
[Illustration: WOODEN FIGURE OF A MENDICANT.]
[Illustration: RETRO-CHOIR]
There were once several altars in this retro-choir; under the east
window on the south side one to our Lady of the Four Tapers, with an
aumbry and triple-arched piscina in the south wall. This has been
restored; the upper part is entirely new. On the north side in a
corresponding position was an altar dedicated to St. Michael; while
altars dedicated to St. Edmund, King and Martyr, and to St. Peter stood
to the west of the two pillars, respectively on the north and south
sides; and another altar to St. Amphibalus stood to the west of his
shrine in the centre. It may here be noted that the east wall of the
original Norman apse extended as far as the centre of the retro-choir.
[Illustration: BASE OF THE SHRINE OF ST. AMPHIBALUS.]
[Illustration: BACK OF THE WATCHING LOFT.]
[Illustration: RAMRYGE'S CHANTRY FROM THE AISLE.]
The north aisle of the Saint's Chapel is divided from the retro-choir by
a glazed oak screen with a door in it, frequently kept locked.
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