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The Chapter House of Bristol Cathedral is a magnificent space. Just standing there gives you a sense of how ancient it is.
This shot was taken in 2002 on a pretty "disposible" Fuji Finepix camera. The quality sucks, but I have managed to dick around with the curves in photoshop; a skill i didnt have back then. I hope you think it looks passable now. I was reminded of these shots by Neal1960 who spotted another version way way back in my stream.
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Aquesta és la antiga sala capitular de la abadia de Lacock. És una preciosa sala gòtica, on curiosament es van filmar escenes de Harry Potter i la Pedra Filosofal, com aquella del "mirall de Erised".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFynXvArdWQ
La mansió de Lacock Abbey, al poble del mateix nom, al sud d'Anglaterra és un indret força especial. Com el seu nom indica, fins a la fi del monasticisme a Anglaterra, al s. XVI, era un convent catolic. A partir d'aquell moment fou comprat i rehabilitat com a mansió rural. De fora sembla el tipic palauet, però per dintre conserva bona part dels espais monastics d'estil gotic (però no l'església)
Si be en anys recents s'ha fet famós com un dels llocs on es va rodar Harry Potter, és molt més interessant per ser un dels llocs on s'inventà la fotografia. Dic un dels llocs perquè hi ha divesos llocs que ho poden dir, tant Paris mateix (daguerrotips) com Chalons-s.-Saone (heliografía).
Però fou aquí a Lacock Abbey on William Henry Fox Talbot, un ric terratinent britanic, va aconseguir el primer negatiu de la historia el 1835, i posteriorment ho perfeccionà cap al calotip, fotografia amb negatius de paper que es feu servir sobretot entre 1840 i 1880.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Fox_Talbot
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadia_de_Lacock
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This is the former chapter house of Lacock Abbey, and was used as such till the XVI Century. It's a beautiful, symmetrical gothic room. It's now also known as a filming location for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Specially the scene with the Mirror of Erised. Hence the intended pun with the title.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFynXvArdWQ
The mansion of Lacock Abbey, in the village of the same name (Wiltshire) is a rather unique place. Especially for its photographic history.
As its name indicates, until the end of monasticism in England, in the XVI Century, it was a Catholic convent. From that moment it was bought and rehabilitated as a rural manor. From the outside it looks like a typical mansion, but inside it preserves a good part of the monastic spaces in the Gothic style (but not the church, which was razed)
If in recent years it has become famous as one of the places where Harry Potter was filmed (in those cloisters), it is much more interesting for being one of the places where photography was invented. I say one of the places because there are several places that can say it, both Paris itself (daguerreotype) and Chalons-s.-Saone (heliography). But here is all much more preserved as it was.
It was here at Lacock Abbey that William Henry Fox Talbot, a wealthy British landowner, obtained the first negative in history in 1835, and later perfected it into the calotype, paper negative photography, that was used mainly between 1840 and 1880 .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacock_Abbey
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter (York Minster), begun 1220, consecrated 1472; Chapter House completed by 1296; Great West Window, 1338–39; Great East Window, 1405–1408
We seem to have a liking for cathedrals .. strange for a pair of heathens ..
The original Magna Carta is on display in the Chapter House
The Stiftskirche in Aschaffenburg was constructed in the 12th century, with many additions over the years. It is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Alexander and was originally a collegiate and convent church. Because of the many treasures the church possessed, the Stiftsmuseum was set up in the chapterhouse to display them to the public. Among the treasures are a 10th century wooden crucifix, a Romanesque cloister, and works of art such as “Lamentation” by Matthias Grünewald.
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Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut
From the Benedictine abbey of Notre-Dame at Pontaut, south of Bordeaux, France, 12th century
Made in Pontaut, Gascony
Limestone; Overall: 453 x 304 in. (1150.6 x 772.2 cm)
The Cloisters Collection, 1935 (35.50)
"Whenever any important business has to be done in the monastery, let the Abbot call together the whole community and state the matter to be acted upon." So Saint Benedict began Chapter 3 of his "Rule for Monasteries." The chapter house was devised to facilitate such meetings. The location next to Cluxa Cloister preserves the relationship of the chapter house to the cloister in a typical medieval monastic plan.Generally rectangular in shape, The abbot sat on the stone-hewn benches encircling the room, as business was discussed, and a chapter of the order's rule was read.
The architecture of the chapter house is traditional; the rounded arches of the windows illuminating the room are Romanesque, while the rib-vaulting is Gothic. This view of the Pontaut Chapter House from Pontaut in southwest France shows the entrance from the cloister. Originally the interior walls were plastered and perhaps painted. (Some color can still be seen on the ribs of the vaults.) The decorations of the capitals and abacus blocks are imaginatively varied and include rosettes, palmettes, and basket-weave patterns as well as carvings representing pinecones.
Like many other church buildings, the abbey of Pontaut suffered from changing political fortunes and neglect: it was partially destroyed in 1569 during the Wars of Religion and was abandoned by 1791 in the aftermath of the French Revolution. By the nineteenth century, the chapter house was being used as a stable, and it fell into a dilapidated condition until its purchase in the early 1930s.
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The Cloisters, a branch of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the art and architecture of the European Middle Ages, is located in Fort Tryon Park near the northern tip of Manhattan island on a hill overlooking the Hudson River. The Cloisters collection contains approximately five thousand European medieval works of art, with a particular emphasis on pieces dating from the twelfth through the fifteen centuries.
York MInster Chapter House, built between 1260 - 1280. Its octagonal space is covered with vaulted ceiling, which is supported by buttresed walls instead of typical central column. In 1297 the Chapter House was used as the location for the Parliament of King Edward I and the space is still used today for the College of Canons meetings and for part of the installation of new Canons.
Construite au XIIIe siècle, cette salle qui servait aux réunions quotidiennes de l'abbé et de ses moines garde des traces de polychromie du XVe siècle.
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter (York Minster), begun 1220, consecrated 1472; Chapter House completed by 1296 (numerous restorations have resulted in most of the glass panels being moved from their original placement), Great West Window, 1338–39; Great East Window, 1405–1408
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This is an image of the wonderful ceiling of The Chapter House within York Minster. The Chapter House is one of the most beautiful rooms ever created. Built in the Decorated Gothic style and octagonal in shape, it was begun in 1260 and completed in 1286. Its walls contain some of the Minster's finest carvings, most dating from 1270 to 80.
The Chapter House is still used as a meeting place by the Dean and Chapter today. The statutes which govern the organisation have changed very little since they were first established by Thomas of Bayeux. Each wall contains six seats: to emphasise the equality of all members, no-one can sit centrally.
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This part of Westminster Abbey was built in Henry III's reign, between 1245 and 1253.
Photographed with a 7Artisans 4mm f2.8 circular fisheye.
Made by Diogo de Arrade in 1510-1513. Tomar Portugal Convent of Christ a 12 th century Templar stronghold.
These well trimmed lawns look lovely most of the year but after a few weeks of constant sunshine the turn brown almost instantly, and with no fresh water on the island save the bottled water served in the shop, it's a case of crossing your fingers that it won't die completely.
Cockersand Abbey, near Glasson Dock ruin Lancashire is a now a ruin with only the chapter house remaining.
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Minolta Dynax 9 + AF Zoom 17-35mm 1:3.5 G (1997)
Kodak Ektachrome E100VS
Digitized with Sony a7rii on Minolta Auto Bellows III + Auto Bellows Macro 50mm 1:3.5 (1979) + Slide Copier AB III
She still had her jeans on, it was just the thought she was in her "underclothes" that got her giggling.
Lincoln Cathedral - a view of the ornate West Front from Lincoln Castle - the cathedral is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Construction originally started in 1072 and was completed in 1093. However it was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1185 and the huge church was subsequently rebuilt in the more elaborate Gothic Style between 1185 and 1311.
Lincoln Cathedral was ordered to be built by William the Conqueror following the Norman Conquest after 1066. It was built on the site of the Roman Legionary Fortress and later settlement known as Lindum Colonia.
Photograph taken on 23rd October 1989
Copyright Photograph Robin Stewart-Smith - All Rights Reserved
Construite au XIIIe siècle, cette salle qui servait aux réunions de l'abbé et de ses moines garde des traces de polychromie du XVe siècle.
The octagonal Chapter House was built from the 1260s to 1280s and its vaulted ceiling is supported by timbers in the roof, instead of by a central column, which was a revolutionary approach at the time.