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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
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Set deep in the beautiful Washford Valley on the borders of Somerset and Devon lie the substantial remains of Vallis Florida, a 13th century Cistercian monastery. More familiarly known as Cleeve Abbey, the monastery was founded by the Earl of Lincoln's grandson in 1198, and colonised with monks from the Cistercian house that his grandfather had founded in Revesby over half a century earlier.
Cleeve Abbey never ranked as one of the great Cistercian houses and, even during the short period it prospered, only 28 monks lived at the monastery. During the 14th century Cleeve Abbey suffered badly from financial instability which, in turn, resulted in little additional building work, staffing problems, and a general lack of discipline amongst the Order. In the 15th century, when Abbot David Juyner was first appointed to Cleeve Abbey, the situation began to improve, and throughout his long rule much new building was undertaken. His successors, the most noted of whom was Abbot Dovell, continued this trend until Cleeve Abbey was eventually surrendered to the Crown in 1536.
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[ENG] The chapterhouse it has remained in excellent condition, and it is probably the most valuable of the whole Piedra Monastery, specially after his modélica restoration that all his brilliance has returned it. It is, simply, spectacular. It has square plant and covered by ribbed vaults, and his ribs rest -in the style of the branches of a palm- on props with multiple small columns in the center (with remains of original painting in his capitals of vegetable flora) and supports in the walls in the shape of brackets. Also there is spectacular the communication of the mentioned chapterhouse with the cloister by means of arches pointed with eyes of six lobes and multitude of elegant columns with capitals adorned with vegetables. Definitively, we would not exaggerate on having said that the Chapterhouse of the Piedra Monastery is one of the most elegant and attractive of the Císter in Spain. (Source: www.arteguias.com)
The Monastery of Piedra (Stone) (Nuévalos, Saragossa, Aragon, Spain) was founded in 1194 by thirteen Cistercian monks come from Poblet's Monastery, in the former castle of Piedra Vieja (Old Stone) and and next to the Piedra river. It was dedicated to St. Mary of the White and it was catalogued as National Monument on February 16, 1983. His construction respond to three styles: Gothic primitive (13th century), Renaissance (16th century) and Baroque (18th century). . (To see the history of the Monastery of Piedra in the note of the album)
[ESP] De la panda del capítulo, lo que se ha conservado en excelente estado es la sala capitular, que es probablemente lo más valioso de todo el Monasterio de Piedra, especialmente tras su modélica restauración que la ha devuelto todo su esplendor. La sala capitular del Monasterio de Piedra es, sencillamente, espectacular. Tiene planta cuadrada. Las bóvedas son de crucería y apoyan -al estilo de las ramas de una palmera- sobre pilares fasciculados con múltiples columnillas en el centro (con restos de pintura original en sus capiteles de flora vegetal) y apoyos en los muros en forma de ménsulas. También es espectacular la comunicación de la citada sala capitular con el claustro mediante arcos bíforos apuntados con óculos hexalobulados y multitud de elegantes columnas con capiteles vegetales a base de "crochets". En definitiva, no exageraríamos al decir que la Sala Capitular del Monasterio de Piedra es una de las más elegantes y atractivas del Císter en España. (Fuente: www.arteguias.com)
El Monasterio de Piedra (Nuévalos, Zaragoza, Aragón, España) fue fundado en 1194 por trece monjes cistercienses venidos del Monasterio de Poblet, en el antiguo castillo de Piedra Vieja y junto al río Piedra. Fue dedicado a Santa María de la Blanca y se catalogó como Monumento Nacional el 16 de febrero de 1983. Su construcción responde a tres estilos: Gótico primitivo (siglo XIII), Renacentista (siglo XVI) y Barroca (siglo XVIII). (Ver la historia del Monasterio de Piedra en la nota del álbum)
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Fountains Abbey, floodlit evening. The Chapter House from the Cloister.
My first ever photograph, fifty years ago, when 14, was a black and white, on 120 size negative, of this row of archways, (though not floodlit.) I wonder if and how I've improved over the years?!
(Perhaps I still have it, I'll have a look.)
"For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies....Father, unto You we raise, this our sacrifice of praise"
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Taken at Canterbury Cathedral Chapter House - detail below from www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/chapter-east/4590809637
The glass in this window dates from 1896 when the Chapter House was restored to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the coming of Augustine. It was donated by the Freemasons of Kent. There are 21 main lights and these depict the people that were seen to be important in the history of the cathedral as at that time
Starting at the top left, there is Queen Bertha who together with King Ethelbert, next but one, welcomed Saint Augustine, who is shown between them, when he arrived in Canterbury in 597. Archbishop Theodore of Tarsus is next, he organised the church into parishes. Following windows in row 1 are of St Alphege, who was martyred by the Danes in 1012; first Norman archbishop, Lanfranc who rebuilt the Saxon church in 1070; and St Anselm, who was the second Norman archbishop and had the present crypt built around 1100.
In the second row, there is St Thomas Becket who was martyred only a few metres away in the Martyrdom as a result of the anger of Henry II (recorded incorrectly as III) who is shown next. Archbishop Stephen Langton was responsible for the translation of Becket’s body into the new Trinity Chapel in 1220 with great ceremony. Another archbishop, Edmund Rich follows after which is recorded Edward I who married his second wife, only a few metres away on the steps of the Martyrdom in 1199. The Black Prince is buried in the Trinity Chapel and is shown on black armour as the Victorians considered, incorrectly, that that is how he received his pseudonym. Lastly is Archbishop Simon Sudbury who was decapitated during the peasants' revolt and buried (minus head) in the cathedral in 1381.
On the bottom row is Henry IV who is buried close to his uncle the Black Prince followed by his namesake, Henry VIII, who was responsible for the destruction of Becket’s shrine and subsequently the dissolution of the priory in 1540. There now follow three archbishops of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer and William Laud who both died for their faith and John Tillotson. Next, Archbishop Benson appears, followed by the reigning monarch, Queen Victoria.
Walking down the North Choir Aisle in Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Known in full as The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Grade I Listed Building and the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was considered to be the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire). However, Lincoln was more central to a diocese that stretched from the Thames to the Humber.
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185. The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: the Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir (St. Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Lincoln Cathedral soon followed other architectural advances of the time – pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting were added to the cathedral. This allowed the creation and support of larger windows. The cathedral is the 3rd largest in Britain (in floor space) after St Paul's and York Minster, being 484 feet (148 m) by 271 feet (83 m). Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate. Accompanying the cathedral's large bell, Great Tom of Lincoln, is a quarter-hour striking clock. The clock was installed in the early 19th century.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235. The latter, the Bishop's eye, in the south transept was reconstructed 100 years later in 1330.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral, including the rebuilding of the central tower and spire. They replaced the small rounded chapels (built at the time of St Hugh) with a larger east end to the cathedral.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there. The Lincoln tomb's original stone chest survives; its effigy was destroyed in the 17th century and replaced with a 19th-century copy.
Between 1307 and 1311 the central tower was raised to its present height of 271 feet (83 m). The western towers and front of the cathedral were also improved and heightened. At this time, a tall lead-encased wooden spire topped the central tower but was blown down in a storm in 1548. With its spire, the tower reputedly reached a height of 525 feet (160 m) (which would have made it the world's tallest structure, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4,000 years).
The nave of the Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Known in full as The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Grade I Listed Building and the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was considered to be the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire). However, Lincoln was more central to a diocese that stretched from the Thames to the Humber.
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185. The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: the Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir (St. Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Lincoln Cathedral soon followed other architectural advances of the time – pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting were added to the cathedral. This allowed the creation and support of larger windows. The cathedral is the 3rd largest in Britain (in floor space) after St Paul's and York Minster, being 484 feet (148 m) by 271 feet (83 m). Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate. Accompanying the cathedral's large bell, Great Tom of Lincoln, is a quarter-hour striking clock. The clock was installed in the early 19th century.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235. The latter, the Bishop's eye, in the south transept was reconstructed 100 years later in 1330.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral, including the rebuilding of the central tower and spire. They replaced the small rounded chapels (built at the time of St Hugh) with a larger east end to the cathedral.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there. The Lincoln tomb's original stone chest survives; its effigy was destroyed in the 17th century and replaced with a 19th-century copy.
Between 1307 and 1311 the central tower was raised to its present height of 271 feet (83 m). The western towers and front of the cathedral were also improved and heightened. At this time, a tall lead-encased wooden spire topped the central tower but was blown down in a storm in 1548. With its spire, the tower reputedly reached a height of 525 feet (160 m) (which would have made it the world's tallest structure, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4,000 years).
Chapter house. Hernan Ruiz II and Asencio de Maeda, 1558–1592. The first elliptical construction in Renaissance Spain, and possibly in all of Europe. The floor was designed by Perec and is inspired by one by Michelangelo in Rome.
Janela do Capítulo
The chapterhouse window
O Convento de Cristo foi construído ao longo de centenas de anos por alguns mestres e arquitetos medievos a trabalhar em território nacional (Diogo de Arruda, João de Castilho e Diogo de Torralva entre tantos outros), este conjunto arquitetónico inclui edificações diversificadas podendo destacar-se o castelo e a Charola templária, os claustros quatrocentistas, a igreja manuelina e o convento renascentista.
The Convent of Christ was built over hundreds of years by some medieval masters and architects working in Portugal (Diogo de Arruda, João de Castilho and Diogo de Torralva among many others), this architectural complex includes diverse buildings and can stand out the castle and the Templar Charola, the 14th century cloisters, the Manueline church and the Renaissance convent.
Southwell Minster, formally the Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.
The current church is the successor to one built in 956 by Oscytel, archbishop of York. Some late eleventh century fabric survives from this church, but the majority of the building dates from between 1108 and c. 1150, when it was reconstructed in the Romanesque style. The chancel was rebuilt from 1234 to 1251 in the Early English Gothic style. In 1288 the chapter house was built; it is decorated with carved foliage of exceptional quality. The minster's rood screen is also of high quality.
During the Middle Ages Southwell was part of the large diocese of York, and the archbishop maintained a palace adjacent to the minster. Although it was not a cathedral, the minster acted as the mother church of the surrounding area; Ripon Cathedral and Beverley Minster fulfilled a similar function in other parts of the diocese. The church was collegiate from its foundation until 1841, although the college was twice dissolved and re-founded during the English Reformation. It was a parish church from 1841 until 1884, when it became the cathedral of a new diocese covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; in 1927 the diocese was divided by the creation of the Diocese of Derby.
The nave, transepts, central tower and two western towers of the Norman church which replaced the Anglo-Saxon minster remain as an outstanding achievement of severe Romanesque design. The western facade has pyramidal spires on its towers – a unique feature in Britain today, although common in the 12th century.
The chapter house, started in 1288, is in an early decorated style, octagonal, with no central pier. It is reached from the choir by a passage and vestibule, through an entrance portal. Many writers have commented on the elegant proportions of the space, and of the profusion of exquisitely carved capitals and tympana (in the vestibule and passage, as well as the chapter house), mostly representing leaves in a highly naturalistic and detailed representation. The capitals in particular are deeply undercut, adding to the feeling of realism. Individual plant species such as ivy, maple, oak, hop, hawthorn can often be identified. The botanist Albert Seward published a detailed description of the carvings and their identification in 1935, and Nikolaus Pevsner wrote the classic description entitled The Leaves of Southwell.
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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Valle Crucis Abbey (Valley of the Cross) is a Cistercian abbey located in Llantysilio in Denbighshire, Wales.
The Cloister at Lincoln Cathedral, a Grade I Listed Building which was built between 1185 and 1311 and was the tallest building in the world for 249 years until 1549 when the central spire collapsed. Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
The Chapter House of Salisbury Cathedral, housing a copy of the Magna Carta. I love the symmetry of chapter houses….not in Dorset of course, but we crossed the county line today into Wiltshire
Dating from 1260AD, the spectacularly gothic Chapter House was built as the meeting room for the Dean and Chapter of the See of York and is still used for this purpose today.
Taken as a seven shot panorama using a Sigma fp and Sigma 17mm f4 lens.
pencil, ink and watercolor on board, 20"x16"
for a show at CHAPTERHOUSE in Philadelphia, which opens today!
Kirkstall Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery in Kirkstall, north-west of Leeds. It was founded in 1152 and was disestablished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in 1539.
The nave of the Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Known in full as The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Grade I Listed Building and the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was considered to be the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire). However, Lincoln was more central to a diocese that stretched from the Thames to the Humber.
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185. The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: the Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir (St. Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Lincoln Cathedral soon followed other architectural advances of the time – pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting were added to the cathedral. This allowed the creation and support of larger windows. The cathedral is the 3rd largest in Britain (in floor space) after St Paul's and York Minster, being 484 feet (148 m) by 271 feet (83 m). Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate. Accompanying the cathedral's large bell, Great Tom of Lincoln, is a quarter-hour striking clock. The clock was installed in the early 19th century.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235. The latter, the Bishop's eye, in the south transept was reconstructed 100 years later in 1330.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral, including the rebuilding of the central tower and spire. They replaced the small rounded chapels (built at the time of St Hugh) with a larger east end to the cathedral.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there. The Lincoln tomb's original stone chest survives; its effigy was destroyed in the 17th century and replaced with a 19th-century copy.
Between 1307 and 1311 the central tower was raised to its present height of 271 feet (83 m). The western towers and front of the cathedral were also improved and heightened. At this time, a tall lead-encased wooden spire topped the central tower but was blown down in a storm in 1548. With its spire, the tower reputedly reached a height of 525 feet (160 m) (which would have made it the world's tallest structure, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4,000 years).
A brief history of Kirkstall Abbey and the monks who established the community.
The Foundation of Kirkstall Abbey
In 1147 a wealthy nobleman called Henry de Lacy fell ill. He vowed that on his recovery he would establish a monastery and dedicate it to St Mary. His health restored, Henry donated land for the foundation of a monastery in a village called Barnoldswick, near the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Monks travelled from Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire to establish the new abbey in Barnoldswick, but they were not successful. The monks were unable to grow crops, bandits stole their belongings, and the villagers disrupted their way of life. Eventually, the monks pulled down the local church in an effort to keep the villagers away. The Abbot of the new monastic community, Alexander, began the search for a new home.
The Monks Move to Kirkstall
According to the foundation story of Kirkstall Abbey, while travelling on business in Airedale Abbot Alexander ‘passed through a certain valley, then wooded and shadowy'. The monks asked their patron Henry de Lacy for help to acquire this land and it became the site of Kirkstall Abbey.
In the Middle Ages, Kirkstall lacked resources, but possessed 'timber and stone and a pleasant valley with the water of a river which flowed down its centre’. In 1152 the monks began building their new abbey there. The Cistercians were noted for their enthusiasm for physical work, and they ‘felled the woods and broke up their fallow ground’, and ‘brought the niggard soil to grow rich’.
The monks flourished in their new surroundings and attracted many new recruits. Abbot Alexander managed the community well and it was popular in the local area. Many local noblemen gave gifts of land and money. Within 30 years, by 1182, the greatest of the buildings still standing today had been built, such as the church and chapterhouse.
A monastery chapter house or chapterhouse is a room where monks often met on a daily basis for readings or to hear the abbot or senior monks talk.
The remains of Thornton Abbey, located close to Thornton Curtis in Lincolnshire.
The Abbey was founded as a priory in 1139 by William le Gros, the Earl of Yorkshire, and raised to the status of Abbey in 1148. It was a house for Augustinian or black canons. These priests lived a communal life under the Rule of St Augustine but also undertook pastoral duties outside of the Abbey. Officers within the Abbey besides the abbot and prior included a cellarer, bursar, chamberlain, sacrist, kitchener and an infirmer.
The founding abbey building from the 12th century was Romanesque in style, but nothing of it remains above ground. The later abbey from the 13th/14th centuries was built in Early Gothic style. Little remains of the building, except for three walls of the chapter house and part of the cloister, though the groundplan of the abbey is traced out.
The main interest lies in the gatehouse which is amongst the earliest largescale uses of brick in England. It stands two storeys high and is structurally intact. There are few windows in the building, and the internal dimensions are cramped due to the thickness of the walls.
The outside of the building is adorned with three almost lifesize statues directly above the gate. A bridge over the moat adjoins the gatehouse and is fortified with walls and guardrobes.
The abbey was closed in 1539 by Henry VIII as part of the dissolution. Since then the site has been owned by: Henry Randes (the Bishop of Lincoln); Sir Robert Tyrwhitt of Kettleby; Sir Vincent Skinner of Westminster; Sir Robert Sutton; George Appleby; and in 1816 Charles, 1st Baron Yarborough.
In 1938 the fifth earl handed the care of the Abbey remains to HM Office of Works. The site is currently in the care of English Heritage and is open to the public.
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
The Chapter House (centre above) of York Minster dates to 1260, and is a wonderful example of Decorated Gothic style.
The ornately decorated octagonal arched ceiling of the Chapter House in the Minster.
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The chapter house ceiling at York Minster, England.
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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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The Chapter House of the Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Dating from 1190 (100 years after the Catheeral itself) a decagonal chapter house of limestone and Purbeck with a central column and nine side walls, with tenth side to the Chapter House vestibule on the west side. Within are seats for the chapter. The eight external flying buttresses were perhaps added in or after the latter part of the 13th century. It contains important early Y traceried windows. Its conical roof was truncated into a hipped form by James Essex in 1761-2 but reverted to a cone in 1801. It was slightly damaged by an earthquake in June 1931.
The Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Known in full as The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Grade I Listed Building and the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was considered to be the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire). However, Lincoln was more central to a diocese that stretched from the Thames to the Humber.
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185. The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: the Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir (St. Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Lincoln Cathedral soon followed other architectural advances of the time – pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting were added to the cathedral. This allowed the creation and support of larger windows. The cathedral is the 3rd largest in Britain (in floor space) after St Paul's and York Minster, being 484 feet (148 m) by 271 feet (83 m). Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate. Accompanying the cathedral's large bell, Great Tom of Lincoln, is a quarter-hour striking clock. The clock was installed in the early 19th century.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235. The latter, the Bishop's eye, in the south transept was reconstructed 100 years later in 1330.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral, including the rebuilding of the central tower and spire. They replaced the small rounded chapels (built at the time of St Hugh) with a larger east end to the cathedral.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there. The Lincoln tomb's original stone chest survives; its effigy was destroyed in the 17th century and replaced with a 19th-century copy.
Between 1307 and 1311 the central tower was raised to its present height of 271 feet (83 m). The western towers and front of the cathedral were also improved and heightened. At this time, a tall lead-encased wooden spire topped the central tower but was blown down in a storm in 1548. With its spire, the tower reputedly reached a height of 525 feet (160 m) (which would have made it the world's tallest structure, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4,000 years).
A new sculpture of the Blessed Virgin Mary by artist Aidan Hart in the Angel Choir of the I Listed Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
The 7ft religious icon is one of the largest such works commissioned by the Dean since the Reformation several centuries ago. It was officially dedicated by the Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Reverend Christopher Lowson.
The sculpture took three years for artist Aidan Hart to complete, and the finished piece weighs 1.5 tonnes. It was moulded from a block of limestone quarried locally from Great Ponton. It will now stand on a 20cm-high plinth.
Known in full as The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Grade I Listed Building and the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Well-worn steps lead up to the Chapter House, completed in 1306. The beautiful octagonal chamber was where clergy met to transact Cathedral business, and is still used today on formal occasions.
Wells Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, and is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral from around 1175 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705, it became an Anglican cathedral when King Henry VIII split from Rome.
This little painting caught my eye, it had the texture of a Gore or Ginner (Camden Town), not sure who it was by.
This is the Chapter House, notable for its octagonal shape, a slender central pillar and decorative medieval frieze, which is 58 feet in diameter and 52 feet in height. It was built between 1263 and 1284 in Edward I’s reign by Richard the Mason, and around the walls are 49 seats for the members of the Chapter. Quite apart from the Protestant determination to remove statuary, the Chapter House was also used as a prison in the 17th century and was in a perilous state before it was restored and redecorated in 1855–9 by William Burges. The frieze depicts scenes and stories from the books of Genesis and Exodus. Here we have Adam and Eve in their still-innocent nakedness, Eve holding out the apple to Adam. Below is a presumably 19th-century figure, gurning as he knows what's going to happen next. If you look closely (in spite of the slightly blurry shot) there is a female head in the tree, presumably the head of the snake, which also confusingly seems to have lizard-like legs - unless there was someone else in the story who I've forgotten about...
Worcester, MA '22
Worcester Art Museum
Italian, c. 1310-1315. Attributed to the Master of the Pomposa Chapterhouse (active early 1300s)
Worn Steps Chapter House Wells Cathedral
Quite a few feet have tramped up and down these steps over the last several hundred years. They lead to the Chapter House in Wells Cathedral
Work started on the Chapter House in 1260. The Chapter House is where the Dean and Chapter of York administer the cathedral, and as such is the only area not consecrated within the Minster. It is still used today for this purpose. Its design means that no-one is seated in a central position, and so everyone is equal and no-one can assume authority. The Chapter House is in the Decorated Gothic style and is unique as it does not have a central column to support the roof vaulting. The structure was complete by 1286.
Another enjoyable day in York with Sadloafer. The Chapter House of York Minster is a wonderful building. Detail of the parabola ceiling. Cannot get low enough to take it all in as I would like!
2014 © David White Photography. Please do not use without permission.
The Cloister at the Grade I Listed Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Known in full as The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Grade I Listed Building and the seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. Building commenced in 1088 and continued in several phases throughout the medieval period. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549) before the central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars; the eminent Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: "I have always held... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have."
Remigius de Fécamp, the first bishop of Lincoln, moved the Episcopal seat there between 1072 and 1092. Up until then St. Mary's Church in Stow was considered to be the "mother church" of Lincolnshire (although it was not a cathedral, because the seat of the diocese was at Dorchester Abbey in Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire). However, Lincoln was more central to a diocese that stretched from the Thames to the Humber.
Bishop Remigius built the first Lincoln Cathedral on the present site, finishing it in 1092 and then dying on 9 May of that year, two days before it was consecrated. In 1141, the timber roofing was destroyed in a fire. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral, but it was mostly destroyed by an earthquake about forty years later, in 1185. The earthquake was one of the largest felt in the UK. The damage to the cathedral is thought to have been very extensive: the Cathedral is described as having "split from top to bottom"; in the current building, only the lower part of the west end and of its two attached towers remain of the pre-earthquake cathedral.
After the earthquake, a new bishop was appointed. He was Hugh de Burgundy of Avalon, France, who became known as St Hugh of Lincoln. He began a massive rebuilding and expansion programme. Rebuilding began with the choir (St. Hugh's Choir) and the eastern transepts between 1192 and 1210. The central nave was then built in the Early English Gothic style. Lincoln Cathedral soon followed other architectural advances of the time – pointed arches, flying buttresses and ribbed vaulting were added to the cathedral. This allowed the creation and support of larger windows. The cathedral is the 3rd largest in Britain (in floor space) after St Paul's and York Minster, being 484 feet (148 m) by 271 feet (83 m). Until 1549 the spire was reputedly the tallest medieval tower in Europe, though the exact height has been a matter of debate. Accompanying the cathedral's large bell, Great Tom of Lincoln, is a quarter-hour striking clock. The clock was installed in the early 19th century.
The two large stained glass rose windows, the matching Dean's Eye and Bishop's Eye, were added to the cathedral during the late Middle Ages. The former, the Dean's Eye in the north transept dates from the 1192 rebuild begun by St Hugh, finally being completed in 1235. The latter, the Bishop's eye, in the south transept was reconstructed 100 years later in 1330.
After the additions of the Dean's eye and other major Gothic additions it is believed some mistakes in the support of the tower occurred, for in 1237 the main tower collapsed. A new tower was soon started and in 1255 the Cathedral petitioned Henry III to allow them to take down part of the town wall to enlarge and expand the Cathedral, including the rebuilding of the central tower and spire. They replaced the small rounded chapels (built at the time of St Hugh) with a larger east end to the cathedral.
In 1290 Eleanor of Castile died and King Edward I of England decided to honour her, his Queen Consort, with an elegant funeral procession. After her body had been embalmed, which in the 13th century involved evisceration, Eleanor's viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral, and Edward placed a duplicate of the Westminster tomb there. The Lincoln tomb's original stone chest survives; its effigy was destroyed in the 17th century and replaced with a 19th-century copy.
Between 1307 and 1311 the central tower was raised to its present height of 271 feet (83 m). The western towers and front of the cathedral were also improved and heightened. At this time, a tall lead-encased wooden spire topped the central tower but was blown down in a storm in 1548. With its spire, the tower reputedly reached a height of 525 feet (160 m) (which would have made it the world's tallest structure, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which held the record for almost 4,000 years).
Panorama stitched from umpteen hand held portrait format images stitched together in MS I.C.E. The picture has notes.
This is the former chapter house of the abbey. It survives because it was used as a mausoleum by the family who bought the site after it was taken by the state in 1539.
Most of the stone from this once large and important abbey ended up being carted away or built into the nearby sea wall.