The Consistory Court Stalls were reconstructed in 1934 from fragments from the 14th centuray stalls in the choir left over after their rearrangement by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.
They were used as seats for the bishop and his officers when holding church courts. The misericords, or carvings under the seats, are of 20th [...]
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Hereford Cathedral – The Consistory Court Stalls
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2014
This is the place where prayers were offered for the soul of John Stanbury, Bishop of Hereford 1453 – 74.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
See deep enough, and you see musically; the heart of Nature being everywhere music, if you can only reach it.
Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881)
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 12th 2014
The refurbished shrine of St Thomas of Hereford has been a focus of pilgramage since the end of the 13th century. Born in 1218, Thomas Cantilupe went on to be a much-loved Bishop of Hereford. The coloured hanging either side of the tomb tell the story of his life.
The stone and marble tomb base [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2014
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Hereford Cathedral – Ancient Plumbing
11 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2014
Synopsis (from book cover):
The Hereford mappa mundi is the largest an most elaborate world map surviving from before teh fifteenth century. Designed at Lincoln by one Richard of Holdingham, it was made for Hereford in about 1300 and Hereford has been its home ever since.
There has been much speculation as to the identity of the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 9th 2014
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Art at the Wallace Collection
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2014
