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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul
An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch

Author: Arthur Dimock

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Language: English

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THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT PAUL

An Account of the Old and
New Buildings with a
Short Historical Sketch

by

THE REV. ARTHUR DIMOCK, M.A.

Rector of Wetherden, Suffolk

[Illustration: _Photochrom Co. Ltd. Photo._
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH BANK OF THE THAMES.]

[Illustration: (Arms of the See)]

With XXXIX Illustrations

London George Bell & Sons 1900

PREFACE.

The MSS. relating to St. Paul's are deficient in regard to the earlier
periods, but become gradually more complete as time progresses. They
have been publish