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The monastic
Choir is where the monks come six times each day
for the Divine Office and the Mass. The wooden
choirstalls, where the monks sit in order of their
entry into the monastery, are based on those in
Chester Cathedral which date from the fourteenth
century. They were carved in the workshop of Ferdinand
Stuflesser at Ortisei, a village of woodworkers
in the Tyrol.
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Each
canopy over the choirstalls contains a monastic or
local saint, whilst the angels supporting the lower
canopies hold emblems of Christ's passion on one
side of the choir and musical instruments on the
other side. The stall ends are carved with the symbols
of the four evangelists (Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John), from designs by Ninian Comper, copied
from the Lady Chapel gates.
The Blessed Sacrament is reserved in a small chapel,
built for the purpose, at the East End of the choir.
The columns of the arcade separating this chapel
from the choir itself bear statues of St Jerome and
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