ABSTRACT

This article discusses the often-overlooked Trinity chapel, prominently positioned within the central arch of the west front of Peterborough Cathedral, formerly a Benedictine abbey church. An analysis of the chapel’s fabric and the abbey’s surviving customary (Lambeth MSS 198a, 198b) suggests that the chapel was designed in part to accommodate the Palm Sunday ritual. Further examination of the regional architectural context for the chapel makes apparent that rather than being an anomaly, this type of chapel was part of a regional group.