Editing Salisbury Cathedral (section)

===Chapter house and Magna Carta===
[[File:Chapter house interior 1979.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the Chapter House]]
The [[chapter house]] is notable for its octagonal shape, slender central pillar and decorative medieval [[frieze]]. It was redecorated in 1855–1859 by [[William Burges]]. The frieze, which circles the interior above the stalls, depicts scenes and stories from the books of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] and [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]], including [[Adam and Eve]], [[Noah]], the [[Tower of Babel]], and [[Abraham]], [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]].

The chapter house displays the best-preserved of the four surviving original copies of [[Magna Carta]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/magna-carta-where-to-visit-the-four-surviving-originals-10002631.html |title=Magna Carta: Where to visit the four surviving originals |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=7 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607164105/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/magna-carta-where-to-visit-the-four-surviving-originals-10002631.html |archive-date=7 June 2019 |url-status=live |date=26 January 2015 }}</ref> This copy came to Salisbury because [[Elias of Dereham]], who was present at [[Runnymede]] in 1215, was given the task of distributing some of the original copies. Elias later became a [[Canon (priest)|canon]] of Salisbury and supervised the construction of the cathedral.