The guide first presents the cathedral’s spirit—its role in worship, beauty, civic life, and democratic mission—and then describes the fabric, explaining the building’s plan, construction progress, structural elements, materials, and symbolic ornament. It is written for visitors and students of diverse backgrounds, avoids technical jargon, and supplies Bible references and iconographic explanations. The text surveys the nave, choir, crossing, ambulatories and the seven chapels of tongues, and describes furnishings such as altar fittings, pulpit, stalls, tapestries, organ, pavements, and memorials while noting administration, services, and ancillary buildings. Short anecdotes and emerging legends add human interest, and plans and illustrations accompany the descriptions.