APPENDIX A. Bishops and Deans 143 APPENDIX B. Comparative Size 147 Dimensions 148
PAGE St. Paul's, from the South Side of the Thames _Frontispiece_
South View of Old St. Paul's in 1658, after Hollar 2
Dean Colet, from Holland's "Heroologia" 20
The Nave of Old St. Paul's, after Hollar 41
The Choir of Old St. Paul's--looking East, after Hollar 43
St. Paul's Cross, from an old picture of 1620 49
The Chapter House and Cloister, after Hollar 51
Plan of Old St. Paul's in 1666, from Dugdale 53
Elevation and Section of Wren's rejected design, from his own drawings 57
Sir Christopher Wren, after a portrait by Kneller 60
Relative Position and Area of Old and New St. Paul's 64
Interior of the Model, from a sketch by Rev. J.L. Petit 67
The "Warrant Design," from Wren's drawing 69
A Later Design, as reproduced in Dugdale's "St. Paul's" 71
The West Front of St. Paul's Cathedral, from a photograph 76
The Order of the Interior, drawn by Peter Cazalet 97
Interior of the Dome, from an engraving by G. Coney 105
Bishop's Throne and Stalls on the South Side 111
Monuments of Dr. Donne and Bishop Blomfield 131
[Illustration: SOUTH VIEW OF OLD ST. PAUL'S IN 1658. _After the Etching by Hollar, in Dugdale's "History of St. Paul's Cathedral."_]
ITS FOUNDATION AND HISTORY TO THE ACCESSION OF DEAN COLET (61-1505).
=Romano-British.=--Tacitus, in his characteristically concise style, introduces London into authentic history during the apostolic era and the reign of Nero.[1] Suetonius Paulinus, governor of Britain, came in hot haste from Mona, suspending the slaughter of the Druid leaders in this their last fastness, to restore the Roman arms. For Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, outraged at the treatment of herself and her two daughters, had, like a second Deborah, raised a popular uprising against the foreign invaders. Colchester fallen, the ninth legion annihilated, nothing remained but to abandon the thriving mart of London itself for a time to the fury of the natives, before the Roman sway could be restored.
The ground rising both from the northern bank of the Thames, some three hundred yards distant, and from the eastern bank of the Fleet beck, forms an eminence. Here, to protect the riverside mart below, on or about the site of the present churchyard the Romans formed a camp; and looking down what is now Ludgate Hill, the soldiers could see the Fleet ebbing and flowing with each receding and advancing tide. Northwards the country afforded a hunting ground, and a temple to Diana Venatrix would naturally be erected. During the excavations for New St. Paul's, Roman urns were found as well as British graves; and in 1830, a stone altar with an image of Diana was likewise found while digging for the foundations of Goldsmith's Hall in Foster Lane. On such incomplete evidence rests the accuracy of the story or tradition that a temple of Diana occupied part of the site of the present Cathedral.