st.albans cathedral

st.albans cathedral

Folder: english cathedrals
st.alban martyred 209 a.d. shrine late c4 benedictine abbey c11 cathedral 1877
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angels on corner, detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8
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head on corner, detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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angel with censer on purbeck shrine base of 1302-8
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eastern gable end, detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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st.albans cathedral

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king offa holding church as founder, detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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st.albans cathedral

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detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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martyrdom on gable end, detail of shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8, mostly purbeck marble
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cencing angel on shrine base of st.alban, 1302-8
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mural in the arches east of the feretory, c.1330, of saint archbishop william of york,
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arms of henry 8 on ramryge chantry of c.1519
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detail of chantry of abbot wallingford, + 1484, heraldic frieze outside chapel
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painted memorial to john hylocomius, +1595, a dutchman
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painted memorial to radulph maynard, +1613
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east side of south transept, c11. all of these arches originally led to apsidal ended chapels in echelon.
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south transept triforium, 1177-1088. the banded columns show superficial similarity to saxon baluster shafts, and have been claimed as being spoil from an earlier church. however, they look to be made from the same caen stone as the obviously norman capitals, and appear lathe cut , lacking the bulges of saxon work
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