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Project: Gloucestershire - Tewkesbury, with Worcestershire - Upton-upon-Severn.

No. 2 - 6: Exploring - the Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire .

 

The Nave,

- looking east, is dominated by the great Norman columns. The vault of c.1340 replaced a flat wooden ceiling. The 15 bosses of the central rib tell the story of the life of Our Lord. The bosses of the subsidiary ribs on either side bear angels playing mediaeval instruments.

Guidebook

 

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August 29, 2007 at 11:33 BST

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