"1467. The stalls of the choir erected. The ancient jubé was probably
built at the same time.
"1526. An open screen-work of brass, most artificially wrought, set up
round the sides of choir, at the cost of the Cardinal D'Amboise.
"1562. Pillage of the cathedral by the Calvinists, the jubé defaced, and
the brass screens carried off and melted.
"1639. A new altar, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, was erected under
the screen, in consequence of a vow made during a pestilence.
"1642. A new altar, dedicated in honour of S. Cecily, erected under the
screen.
"1777. The chapter erect a new screen (consisting of eight marble
pillars, of the Ionic order, surmounted by an entablature and open
balustrade. In the centre a large crucifix, and two marble altars, with
images on either side of the choir gates)."
This screen is still standing, and although of execrable design, and
most incongruous with the noble church in which it has been erected, it
is still a proof that, at the end of the eighteenth century, a screen
and rood loft was considered necessary by the clergy of this cathedral,
and being entirely of white marble, its cost was far greater than that
for which a splendid screen in perfect character with the church could
have been constructed.