Owing to the ransackings by Protestant iconoclasts in 1579 and thefts by French Revolutionists in 1793, the interior of the cathedral is far less rich than it was in medieval times. It nonetheless contains some fine stained glass, such as the Last Judgement Window, dating from 1528, on the west front of the cathedral, facing [...]
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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
The Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule – Interior
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2015
Although it is the national church of Belgium. Cathedrale Sts-Michel-et-Gudule was granted cathedral status only in 1962. It was built with a sandy limestone brought from the local quarries and is one of the finest surviving examples of Brabant Gothic Gothic architecture
There has been a church on the site of the cathedral since at least [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Moonlight
10 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Lincoln Cathedral by Day
4 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
Exchequer Gate
Located at the cathedral end of Castle Hill, this is where tenants who rented property from the church came to pay their rents. A chequered cloth was used to aide the counting of the rent monies, and it is from the alternating black and white pattern of the cloth that we get the word ‘Exchequer’. [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
Built during the second half of the twelfth century, Christ Church Cathedral is among the oldest buildings in Oxford and one of the smallest of the 42 Anglican cathedrals in England. It is also, uniquely, both a cathedral and a college chapel, and so, unusually for a cathedral, its centre stalls face inwards in the [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Mar 11th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Winchester 2014
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.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014
