peterborough cathedral

peterborough cathedral


Folder: english cathedrals
f. 655 benedictine abbey 972 dissolved 1540 cathedral 1541

peterborough cathedral gatehouse

28 Aug 2010 312
the outer gate from the current market place, which leads now into the cathedral precinct, was built c.1180 though altered c.1305. the norman work is singularly plain for its date.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 228
this uniquely shaped font has stiff leaf between each projection.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 273
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. an angel blows a shawm

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 293
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. here an eagle kills a serpent[?]

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 289
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. this is one of several females [sybils?] in carts, probably taken from roman designs of goddesses in triumphal carriages

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 238
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 231
this uniquely shaped font has stiff leaf between each projection. here the vegetation has grown two heads.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 259
this uniquely shaped font has stiff leaf between each projection. here fish are carved amongst it.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 206
this uniquely shaped font has stiff leaf between each projection.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 243
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. a blemya eats human limbs.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 279
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 257
this uniquely shaped font has stiff leaf between each projection.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 326
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. this is a sybil in a cart.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 324
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. this shows a woman playing a hurdy gurdy

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 237
effigy and tomb chest of abbot alexander of holderness, 1226

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 239
effigy and tomb chest of abbot alexander of holderness, 1226

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 329
early c13 carved panel; the hooks at the top of the central pillar remind me of those on cross slabs of this date.

peterborough cathedral

28 Aug 2010 342
the nave roof dates from c.1220-1230 and covers a wide range of subjects. this lozenge shows a demon with a claw hammer and pennant

251 items in total