peterborough cathedral
Folder: english cathedrals
f. 655 benedictine abbey 972 dissolved 1540 cathedral 1541
peterborough cathedral
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wall painting at base of apse with shields on a background of fleur de lys. the walls date from 1118, with plenty of drop tracery and what were once external windows of the c14
peterborough cathedral
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a jester's head forms a stop to a moulding of the mid c14 in the apse behind the altar
peterborough cathedral
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these c14 wall paintings are on the north side of the apse, and show shields and a large figure below
peterborough cathedral
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blank tracery of c.1340 on the wall of the hostry passage, which continued the cloister east walk to the south.
peterborough cathedral
peterborough cathedral
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the misericord lies at the south end of the hostry passage. it has windows dating from c.1340
peterborough cathedral porch boss
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this boss under the late c14 western porch shows the trinity, with god as the sun holding up christ's wounded hand whilst the holy spirit takes the form of a dove.
peterborough cathedral
peterborough cathedral
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the misericord lies at the south end of the hostry passage. it has windows dating from c.1340
peterborough cathedral porch
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a late c14 porch was squeezed into the central western arch, possibly to add support , buttresses being lacking to the west.
peterborough cathedral niche
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these 3 half man half bird figures on a late c14 niche in the porch look like harpies
peterborough cathedral
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eagle lectern of late c15. like many of these that i've looked at this eagle has a rectangular hole in its tail, though whether this is for peter's pence, who knows, after all , wouldn't money put into the beak end up in the legs?
peterborough cathedral
peterborough cathedral
peterborough cathedral
peterborough cathedral
peterborough cathedral
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