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Guardian Angels Chapel

Guardian Angels Chapel

The chapel takes its name from the beautiful heads of angels which decorate the vault. They were painted in around 1240 by Master William, the King’s Painter, and restored 1959-60.

Guardian Angels Chapel

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8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014

8 Responses to “Guardian Angels Chapel”

  1. Diane Westwell says:
    December 20, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    Wonderful ceiling Cherie and interesting article, always a good read,

    best wishes,

    Di.x

  2. Amfortas says:
    December 21, 2014 at 2:18 am

    One can spend ages looking a cathedral ceilings. Most are full of symbols and special rubriks. I am often reminding myself that our view of the millenia past are of meagreness and poverty (compared to today) and forgetful of the great human spirit that was just as deep back then as now.

    • CherryPie says:
      December 24, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      Yes we should always remember to look up when inside a cathedral or church.

      There was a lot of human spirit and devotion back then, leading the the achievement of outstanding architecture that still stands to day.

  3. amfortas says:
    December 24, 2014 at 4:25 pm

    A very Merry ‘Old English’ Christmas to you and Mr C. :)

  4. London Caller says:
    December 24, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    Wow, 13th century old!
    In Malaysia, it’s like national treasure already! ;)