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 9 pillars also from: the floor of the Choir a flight of steps on each side desend into the large burying vault or Borony Church. And im- medtately above, at the east end four or five steps lead to the nave or main body of the Cathedral or Inner high Church.

In this place as in the Choir, two range of columns run parallel to the walls and sup- port in like manner, though by a double tier of arches, the upper row of windows. The pillars here are consequently not so iofty as in the last mentioned place but are evi- dently of finer workmanship, and have their capital richly adorned with flowers and fruit. From these capitals spring, the arches, which, together with those arising from the corre- sponding columns on the walls, intersect each other at the key stone, which is in every in- stance finely carved.

In this manner, alongst the Church, a gal- lery on both sides is formed with an arched roof, through which the light strikes from the windows into the body of the Church.— Above this range of columns is another suc- cession, which support the highest tier of windows which enlighten the upper part of the Cathedral.From the top of the inner walls, immediately above these windows, an arched roof springs to a vast height, finely ornamented. On the East, or in the gable of the Church, is a great window' divided by parallel bars, in the form of columns; and on the West is the situation of the Organ Loft