Like a medieval chapel, it is the first chapel in an English cathedral designed as a columbarium, a resting place for the ashes of the dead, whose names are engraved in the stone walls.*
*from the Sheffield Cathedral handbook
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2020
i love the soft tones in this Cathedral Cherie… this is a fine presentation….peter:)
Thank you
This is new to me, Cherie. I only know a columbarium as a nesting box for doves or pigeons
From Wiki:
A columbarium (/ˌkɒləmˈbɛəri.əm/;[1] pl. columbaria) is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns (those holding a deceased’s cremated remains), but can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin “columba” (dove) and, originally, solely referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons called a dovecote.
The lighting really accents the arcs.
The crypt has a lovely feel to it.