A Depiction of Saint Cecilia in Stained Glass, Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
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Bury St Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Miriam, Music, stained glass., The Bible, window
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Church Gazette.
23 Friday Jan 2015
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architecture, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, dark, dog walkers, Gothic, Gothic architure, light, Minstergate York, snow, York, York Minster
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Photo Archive.
22 Thursday Jan 2015
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bag, Biblical quotes, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Churches, Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:9, paper bag, Souvenirs, The Bible, The Winchester Bible, Winchester, Winchester Cathedral
This is a surprisingly interesting paper bag (honestly). The illuminated manuscript letter W in the centre takes its inspiration from The Winchester Bible, “the largest and perhaps finest of all surviving 12th-century English bibles“. I believe the two figures entwined within the letter depict God addressing Jeremiah and giving him the gift of prophecy:
“Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth“. Jeremiah 1:9.
In the original the two figures are much closer together, with God actually touching the lips of Jeremiah inside an illuminated letter, which you can see if you follow the link above.
10 Saturday Jan 2015
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alcoves, architecture, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, cloister, fan vaulting, Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, Gothic Architecture, Monastries, Monks, niches, stone carving
The eighteenth point of interest relating to Gloucester Cathedral in Harris’s “Guide To Churches & Cathedrals” reads, “On the North side of the nave (an unusual position) are the beautiful fan-vaulted cloisters, which were built from c.1360 onwards, commencing with the east cloister walk. These are the oldest fan-vaulted roofs in existence. Notice the 20 alcoves where monks sat to read and write and the places where they washed, with miniature fan vaulting above“. Batsford and Fry in their book “The Cathedrals of England” describe the cloisters as “the finest in England” and they refer to the alcoves as the Carrels or Study-Niches.
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
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13th Century, Cathedrals, ceramic floor tiles, ceramics, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, fleur de lis, floor, medieval, tiles, Winchester, Winchester Cathedral
To quote from the Cathedral’s website, “These gorgeous 13th century floor tiles, their rich colours still glowing, form part of the largest surviving spread of medieval decorated floor tiles inside any building in England. You can see the tiles where they were first laid, and even walk on them, in the Retrochoir at the far end of the Cathedral“.
12 Friday Dec 2014
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Biblical quotes, Cathedrals, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, Melchizedek, Moses, Quotes, Ripon Cathedral, stained glass.
To quote Genesis, chapter 14, verse 18, “And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God” and here he is on the left, wearing his crown, as well as his priestly vestments. Moses stands on the right “displaying two stone tablets” (The Ten Commandments) and “carrying a staff, rod or wand“, to quote from Richard Taylor’s “How To Read a Church“.
11 Thursday Dec 2014
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Angle, Church architecture, Churches, glass, Haworth, shepherds, St Michael and All Angels Church Haworth, stained glass., The Nativity
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Church Gazette., Yorkshire.
10 Wednesday Dec 2014
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Beverley Minster, Church architecture, Church of England., Churches, glass, harp, Jesse Tree, King, King David, stained glass.
Posted by Mr. B Flaneur | Filed under Church Gazette., Yorkshire.