AAbbey Church, plans, Figs.1,3,12,15its total length,12,62,65,68,69Abbots (see Bere, Breynton, Whiting, etc.)House,10ref. and Fig.9head (carved),99(Fig.8)Aisle to north transept (a cloister-alley),125,126Ale, Johannes and the vat of,89Aller, John de,66Almoner, J. Bryan (lived over the King's Gate),95Altar, the High,45,56screen, etc.,51,56,58,77;its back, with ancient image of B. V. M.,57sepulchre under,65Altars, side,43Ambrosius the Cellarer,66Andrew, St., Chapel of,51Guild of,100arches (under tower),122,167, and PlateIII.Apse, semicircular, on Phelps' and Warner's plans,11,51,52,74polygonal,57,61,73,74; Figs.5,6,7, and12; also PlateII.Arch to Edgar Chapel (antechapel),43to end of Quire,59relieving, to the north-west angle of central tower,121Arches, like St. Andrew's Cross, under tower,122,167; PlateIII.Architect of Edgar Chapel (Richard de Tantonia),67of Loretto Chapel (Francesco Vecchi),144,145,154of St. Mark's, Padua (Domenico di Vallera Castiglione),146Arimathea, Joseph of,33ref.Convent of (near Guest Hall),68Arthur, King: tomb of,45,56,65Automatism, discussion of,22Awfwold the Saxon,63,68Azure glass (vitrea azurea): in script,37,72discovered,62,72BBailey, the Inner and Outer,91ref.Bank, on site of the Loretto Chapel, north side of nave,113,144,146,160,161,162Bards, writings,87Barrel vault, in south chantry,57Bell-tower, over north-east angle of cloister, burnt, repaired, and pulled down owing to bad foundation,88Benedict (for Benignus), St.: Church of,98,100;gargoyle of,99(Fig.8)Bere or Beere, Abbot Richard,4,35,44,45,47,54,59, etc.arms of,98;carved head of,99(Fig.8)embassy,111;notes on,120built St. Benignus' Church,100Edgar Chapel,53Loretto Chapel,111,120,125,126,145,146claustrum in angle of transept, leading to Loretto,119,121his signature in script,53his influence on those coming after,47-48Body of Christ (in symbolic lines on floor of St. Mary's),147Bones, the stirring of the dry,21of Abbot Whiting (collected and buried),65of St. Dunstan (held by Glastonbury),91Braineton, or Breynton, John of, Abbot,48geomancer to the Abbey,147Bryan, John, Almoner,95Bryant, Johannes, monk, curator of Edgar Chapel, sculptor, mason,37,38,40,41,45,47,57,59,66child of Nature,85-97passimCCamel, or Camillus, Thesiger—i.e., treasurer to Abbot Bere,125,127,149,151,166house of,164path used by,154tomb in St. John's,127Cancellarius (see Chancellor)Cannon, MS. of John,113,114,117(Fig.11),124Cannon, sketch of ruins by,117Canterbury, pilgrims from, to shrine of St. Dunstan,91Capella St. Edgar (see Chapel)St. Maria (see Chapel)Cardinal Wolsey: friend of the Abbey,91made Whiting Abbot at Oxford,101Castiglione, Domenico,146Cava Virginis (the apse of the Loretto Chapel),129,c,e,g;130,h,j,k;139,d; text,143Cellarer: Ambrosius,66Cellars of Refectory,66of Guest Hall,67Chalice Hill,69chapel on path to,69Chamber, the Great,94over King's Gate,95to the east of Edgar Chapel,63Chancellorium,in(as a Chancery: the purpose of Christ Church Hall, as built by Wolsey),101Changing-room for the choristers,68Chantry (south of Quire),51south side of Edgar Chapel,27ref.57 (script),63;plan,64(Fig.6)Chapel of Dunstan, St.: in the west (built by Edgar, and rebuilt by Radulphus),91plans, Figs.12and15in the north (the corner chapel in Fig.14),68Chapel of Edgar,35,43,44,47,51,53,55,63,70-77 (table),119,120plans of,34,36,64(Fig.6),148a(Fig.12),153(Fig.15); PlateII. (p.56a)elevation of,81length determined,63Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto (site lost): built by Bere,111;described in script as being in Italian style, itslocusindicated, and details given,125,126,129-142,146;plans,152,153(Figs.14and15); PlateV. (154a)used as a Chapter House by Bere, during repairs,126Chapel of St. Mary,35,41,47,58,125(see Retro-Chapel, Lady Chapel, etc.)the older Lady Chapel,47,50,78minor, in retro-quire,43,51present, on site of the primitive church, at west end: plans,148a(Fig.12),150,153(Figs.13,15)sketches of, Figs.9,10,11sacred geometry on floor of chapel,147,148geometric principles of the plan,150,151, Fig.13and ref.Chapel of St. Michael in the graveyard (burial-place of Johannes),97Chapel of St. Thomas of Canterbury,114, and Fig.14(this is the inner chapel shown in Fig.14, the outer being St. Dunstan)Chapter House: Edgar Chapel so called in Elizabethan record,12Loretto Chapel, so called in Cannon MS.,114,125,126Loretto Chapel used as, by Bere, during repair of,126Christ Church Hall, a Chancellorium,101Church, Saxon (on site of Edgar Chapel within a fort),63Church of Ina,56of Turstin,107the Great (temp.Jocelyn),87,88Clock (horloge) of Peter Lightfoot,87Cloister, the Great,68,96Little,67,68to north transept,126and PlateV.of the North Wind,146,151; PlateV.Community of 347 monks (thirteenth century),88Company, the,21,87,88(brotherhood,94)Coney, drawing by, PlateIV.; ref. to,112,114,123Convent of Arimathea (the little convent),68Court, the Great,147by the graveyard,94Covered walk (Abbot's),96ways (see Passages)Cross in the Zodiac,147Crypt under stairs of Edgar Chapel,40,50,53under New Hall,68under nave,41Curator capellae (J. Bryant),38DDeep Place, the,144,166Distances, Mystery of the,147Di Vallera: Domenico,146Door (in east wall),53(see Portus)Drain, the Great,66Drawings of Edgar Chapel,67of Loretto Chapel,128-142geometrical, on floor of St. Mary's Chapel,147Ducange, dict. of mediæval and low Latin quoted,33ref.Dunstan, St.: bones of,91chapel in the west,91;chapel in the north,68;chapel at Edgarley,106ref.EEawulf, or Eanwulf, Saxon Earl of Somerton (Yarl of Edgarley)29,105,108Edgar, King (Saint),4,44Chapel of,4,8,9,28, etc., PlateII. (see Chapel)for "Edmund,"56,59Edgarley,106Elizabeth, Queen,4,12,66Enigmas, Sacred, on floor of chapel,148Erasmus (friend of Bere),122Ell (measure),43(In the script still unpublished occurs an authoritative statement that the builder's ell used by the monks was just over2feet4inches. This makes it identical with the "pace" as indicated in the statement of length on p.68, where 733 feet = 311 "passus.")Excavation of Bere's chapel,53,54;completed,55,59of apse,62plan,64FFannes (fan-vaulting) in Edgar Chapel,38,43,57in claustrum of the Loretto,119,145in Quire,59Glo'ster,38,58Fishponds, the Abbey,147Flat fan-vault in apse,57Fort or enclosure (Saxon),63Foundations of apse,43, Fig.6of Bere's Chapel,51,59;also Fig.6and PlateII.mystery in the,147Four Ways, the,147Francesco de Padua (Vecchi),145,154Freeman, Professor, quoted,11GGalfrith, Frater,87Gallery over entrance to Edgar Chapel,43Gallery under great west window,88under the great east window of Quire,57under west window of Refectory,96Gargoyle, the,99Garth, upper and lower on north side of church,144Gate, to Chalice Hill,63King's,95Maudlin,146-147of Remembrance,144St. John's,127-144Water,147Gatehouse keeper's lodging (in dismantled Chapel of Dunstan),91Gematria of the Holy Name in the Greek,151ref.Geometry, sacred,147,148,150Gifts, spiritual,22-25 and flyleafGlastonbury as a centre of spiritual life,20Abbey (see Abbey)Gloucester Cathedral cited,27ref.Glo'ster fannes, in Edgar Chapel,38Gold and crimson roof in Edgar Chapel,53,77Grave, a martyr's,65Graveyard, monks',94,96,97chapel in the,97Groin (see Vaulting)Guest Hall,35,67,90,96Gulielmus, Monachus,33(signature),34,38,45,58,86HHærewith the Dane,94Hall, the Great,90,91,94,96built by Wolsey in Oxford,101Handrail, double,43,75Hearne, Thomas (eighteenth-century antiquary), quoted,12,62Herlewin, Abbot,107ref.Hollar (ditto) quoted,12,62View of ruins in 1655,enlarged,116(Fig.10)IIbericus, journey of,102Imperator (Cæsar),108Ina (King), Church built by,56JJocelyn (Trotman), Bishop of Wells, thirteenth century,67,88Johannes (see Bryant)Joseph of Arimathea (or of Marmore),33ref.KKing's Gate and Way,66Kirkyard,96,97Kitchen, Abbot's (the "grete" kitchen),67,94little (between the Refectory and Guest Hall),67Kitchen Court,95LLady Chapel at east end (older),11with angular end,47Monington's,50,51(see Phelps and Warner)Lady of Loretto,119Lapidator (= stonemason) (J. Bryant),38Lay-brothers' House,96Lay-Chamber,96Lead roof on Edgar Chapel,55Leland'sItineraryquoted,4,9,111,123Life, Universal (mention in script),97Lightfoot, Peter (maker of the clock),88Linea bifurcata (Joseph of Arimathea's sepulture),33ref.Lions of Arthur's Tomb,57of Loretto Chapel,131, II.b;133, II.g;137, III.a;141, IV.c;142; text,143,146ref.1Lobby to Loretto Chapel (with round vaults),151Lobinell Hist. quoted,35ref.Lodge over the Chalice Gate,63Loretto, Chapel of,111,125documents,111-118script,re,119seq.dimensions (40 ×21feet),125excavation of cloister footings (1911),118Lory, John (carver of gargoyle),100MMalmesbury, William of, on sacred symbols,148Mark, Chapel of St. (in Padua),146ref.Marmore, Joseph of,33ref.Martyr's grave (Whiting's),65Martyri,35. (Not known to whom this refers, unless to one of the two Edmunds, both of whom were assassinated. King Edgar died a natural death.)Maudlin Gate,146-147Measures (sacred),147,148,150,151ref.Melchin, Book of,33ref.Memory, cosmic,20universal (in script),97Merlins, the British,87Michael, Chapel of St. (since discovered),97Monington, Abbot: lengthened Quire about 1334,58modified retro-quire and chapel,50Multipartite vaulting (Whiting's work),35,38NNew Hall,68North porch,125,146passage through,125OOrgans on screen and in chapels,88,89PPadstow (Cornwall),103Padua, Bere's journey to,120,121,143Francesco de,145,154,166Chapel of St. Mark in,146,166Panellae (panels),43in east window,57in Quire,59Parapets of Loretto Chapel,133, II.e,f;135, II.g;137,bParker, James, quoted,10Parlour, Monks',68Passages, secret,53,63,66Passage, timber, to Saxon Church,56paved, in inner court,95Passus (paces),68,69(a) Mediæval, of1foot7·44 inches (or1·62 feet)(b) Romano-British, of2feet4-1/4 inchescircaNote.—The Greek and Roman foot, on which the last is founded, appears in these islands in early monuments such as Stonehenge, as well as in mediæval work. It varies from about11·52 to11·74 inches (see Flinders Petrie'sInductive Metrology, p.109for English mediæval units; p.118, Stonehenge (11·54 inches); p.138, Rome and Mediæval England (11·52 to11·74 inches); also synoptic table, p.142a; England11·6, England, Italy, and Roman Colonies,11·525 to11·68 inches).Patellae (plaques), in Loretto Chapel,135, II.hPhædrus (Phocis), voyage of,103Pilgrims' processions,88,91Way,125Pillars over buttresses (Loretto Chapel),135,hPolygonal apse, plan published before discovery,61foundations discovered,62,64(Fig.6)Ponds of abbey,146Portus introitus (door in east wall of Edgar Chapel),35,53(door to Loretto Chapel),126(west door);129, I.e,g;133, II.d;139, III.e,fPriests' houses,146Prior's Chapel,147Lodgings,66,67Processional path and doors,56,58,65RRadulphus (Ralph), FitzStephen, chancellor, and builder of the Abbey Church,91,106,108FitzHamon (Norman knight,temp.Turstin, 1089circa),108Rebus of Abbot Bere,100Refectorium,67,68cellars of,66misericorde,96Reginaldus (ob.1214),46,58Bishop of Wells (twelfth century),46Relics, where kept,144Ribs of vault to Loretto, carved with fruit and flowers,141,b;142Richard de Tantonia (architect of Edgar Chapel),67Robert (anno1334),48Rolf, Monachus,35,38SSaint Andrew, Chapel of,51guild of,100Bridget,46Benedict (or Benignus),98Church of,100Edgar (King),35,44John's Gate,127,144Mary, Chapel of (see Chapel),41,51,56, etc.Michael in the graveyard (burial place of Johannes),97Patrick,46Thomas of Canterbury (site of his Chapel),114Schola, the (the Abbey School),68Screen, the great (on which was the Quire Organ),89behind altar and reredos,65Screens in Guest Hall,90,91Script, notes on,26errors in,26-30,68,69"Latin" in,31Scriptorium of Abbey,68Somerset, Lord,66Somerton, Eanwulf, Earl of,106Squares (symbolic) in sacred geometry on floor of Lady Chapel,148,150general system of in plan of monastery,148a(Fig.12)Stables of Abbey (near Guest Hall),67Stairway to Edgar Chapel,43Steps in marble to Edgar Chapel,43four or six from Loretto to the transept aisle,126four from St. Mary's Garth to the Relics Chapel,144four from aisle up to transept,146,151from "vetusta ecclesia" to Ina's Church,56Steps from great cloister in south-east corner, XII. down, and IX. up, to back parts of monastery,68Stillington's Chapel at Wells,44Stukeley's panorama of ruins,115(Fig.9),160TTaunton, Abbot's bones secretly brought from,65Richard de (architect),67,69Thesiger, Camillus,126,127Tintagella settlement,103Towers, western,46Tower, central,41,87bell,87,88Triangles (symbolic) in floor of Lady Chapel,148double, in plan of Lady Chapel,148Turstin, Abbot,106,108church built by,105,107VVallera di, Domenico,146Vault, sepulchral, under High Altar,65under halls,66,67,68under central tower and nave,41under stairs of St. Mary's (Galilee),41Vaulting (volt), quadripartite,35multipartite,35,38fans (old style) at east end of Quire,38panelled, in Edgar Chapel (fans),43,57fans in claustrum north side of nave,119with gilt roundels,120barrel section (to chantry chapel),57cracked, under central tower,121,122Italian pattern, to Loretto Chapel,126,141,146Vecchi, Francesco (di Torcello),154Vesica Piscis (sacred symbol, containing the double equilateral triangle, found in plan of St. Mary's Chapel),150(Fig.13),151ref.Vestibule (Italian), to Loretto Chapel (the cloister open to the north wind),146,151Vineyards, the Abbey,146Virga (a yard),36,37Virgin, ancient statue of (at back of altar-screen),57and Child in canopied niche over High Altar,65Virginis, Cava (apse, or recess of circular form in the east wall of the Loretto Chapel, as indicated by script),128-140,143WWalls at an angle,40,41,44,51,59,64(Figs.5,6, and PlateII.)Warner quoted,7,11,74plan of older Lady Chapel,51,52Watchers, the,93Watergate,146-147Wattlework (Saxon),63,65Ways, the Four,147Well of Abbey, filled,95chamber in court,94Wells, Bishop of,46,87chapel at,44Cathedral cited,44,88Wells Lady Chapel,73Whiting (Whyttinge), Abbot,4,35,37,55(signature),57,65,70,72,101Wild, plan by,13,16,40Willis, Professor, quoted,7-12,15,16plan by,9(Fig.1)of retro-chapel,51,53Window, great east;57;originally straight,47;with balcony under,65;lengthened and rebuilt,58great west, with gallery under,88Window, transomed, in Edgar Chapel,37six, in Great Hall,90,91Window, marked with cross (old shrine of Edgar),44Windows, three, in apse of Edgar Chapel,57three, in claustrum chapel, north side naveWolsey, Cardinal,91,101Wyrcestre, William, quoted,14,69reviewed,13,14YYseuguilt (Yseult), Princess,103ZZodiac (in the floor of St. Mary's Chapel),147