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Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of
St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in
Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the
city near the river. It originated in 678 or 679
with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to
Saint Peter (dissolved by King Henry VIII). The
foundations of the present church were laid by
Abbot Serlo (10721104). The cathedral, built as
the abbey church, consists of a Norman nucleus
(Walter de Lacy is buried there), with additions
in every style of Gothic architecture. It is 420
feet (130 m) long, and 144 feet (44 m) wide, with
a fine central tower of the 15th century rising
to the height of 225 ft (69 m) and topped by four
delicate pinnacles, a famous landmark. The nave
is massive Norman with an Early English roof the
crypt, under the choir, aisles and chapels, is
Norman, as is the chapter house. The crypt is one
of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England,
the others being at Worcester, Winchester and
Canterbury.
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The west front
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The 69m 15th century tower with parapets and
corner pinnacles
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Gloucester cathedral and Tudor house
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The South porch
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The four evangelists with St Peter and St Paul by
Redfern in the niches above the entrance of the
South porch
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Stone figure of the Norman monk Serlo who
founded the abbey in 1089
Figure of King Osric (maybe) founder of original
Abbey of St Peter in 681
The 15th century south porch
St. Gregory
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The unremarkable west front
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Perpendicular tracery and spirelets on the west
front
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Buttressing and somewhat strange joints between
Lady Chapel and presbytery
Tower with south transept, quire and south
ambulatory
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Bishop Hooper's Monument
St Mary de Crypt. Gloucester. XII s
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Tower and the elevation of the presbytery from
the south-east
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The east window of the Lady Chapel, looking west
from the southeast
The tower seen from the northeast
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The cathedral looking west from the northeast
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Lady Chapel
Gloucester cathedral cloister Garth
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Birds feeding each other. Capital in Gloucester
cathedral west entrance
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Gloucester cathedral, the nave
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The low Romanesque triforium and early
perpendicular clerestory
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Arcade, triforium, clerestory, and early English
vault in the nave
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Gloucester cathedral, the nave
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The organ above the pulpitum as seen from the nave
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The Romanesque nave with two perpendicular bays
at the west end
Cathedral Flowers July 2011
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Gloucester Cathedral Flower Festival July
2011 Floral carpet entitled Monument to Osric
who was a Prince of Mercia and founded the first
religious house on the site in 679
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Stained glasses west window, 1420 tracery and
Victorian glass by William Wailes
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The West Window with scenes from the life of
Christ, 1420
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The coronation of King Henry III stained-glass by
Clayton and Bell, 1860
Madonna with Child Stained-Glass
Annunciation and Noli Me Tangere Stained-Glass
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Romanesque nave
Perpendicular bay in the otherwise Romanesque nave
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Lierne vaulting above the two westernmost bays
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Springing of the Tierceron Ribs with Liernes and
Bosses
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The lierne vault with bosses of the crossing seen
from the south transept
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The vast Norman columns of the Southern aisle
arcade The arcading with small triforium and
clerestory, south aisle, looking east
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The Cathedral bookshop in one of the
perpendicular bays in the nave
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Sarah Morley's tombstone .Impelled by a tender
and conscientious Solicitude to discharge her
parental Duties in person, She embarked with her
young Family when their Health and Education
required their removal to England and having
sustained the pains of Child-birth at Sea she
died a few days after that event on the 25th. of
May 1784, in the twenty-ninth year of her Age. Of
seven Children, the Issue of her Marriage, one
Son and three Daughters survived to lament the
untimely Loss of an invaluable Mother
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Wood pulpit in the nave
Two bays of the south aisle seen from the north
aisle
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The south aisle looking west to the cathedral shop
The Romanesque nave
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Flying buttresses visible in the support arches
around the central crossing
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Effigy of Thomas Seabroke, abbot from 1450 to
1457
The Blessed Sacrament hanging over the altar in
the 15th century Seabroke chantry
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Funerary monument
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Painted monument to Thomas Machen and his Wife
Christian in the north transept
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Carved corbel with distorted face on the 13th
century
The clock by Henry Wilson in the north transept
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The north ambulatory entrance to St Paul's Chapel
in the North transept
Mid 13th century screen in the North transept
with entrance to the treasury
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Stars and Stripes and Union Flag fly over the
memorial to John Stafford Smith (composer of US
anthem)
The north aisle
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Quadripartite vaulting of the north aisle
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Stained-glass window with perpendicular tracery
in the north transept
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Stained-glass with martyrs in the north transept.
Details
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Perpendicular window tracery and stained-glass in
the north transept
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Elizabeth Williams' tomb, who died in childbirth
(1622)
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John Bower and his wife's tomb, with their nine
sons and seven daughters
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The effigy of Robert Duke of Normandy Robert
Curthose was the eldest son of William the
Conqueror. He mortgaged the Duchy of Normandy to
his brother William II King of England in order
to raise the money necessary to participate in
the First Crusade (10961099). On returning from
the crusade he was in the process of marrying a
wealthy wife, when his brother William died, and
his youngest brother Henry I seized the English
throne.1 Robert invaded England to reclaim the
throne in 1101 the resulting struggle between the
two brothers lasted five years until Henry I won
a decisive victory at the battle of Tinchebray in
Normandy. Robert was captured and held prisoner
at Devizes Castle and later at Cardif Castle
where he was held until his death in 1134.
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King Edward II burial in Gloucester Cathedral
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King Edward II effigy
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View to the west from Gloucester cathedral tower.
To the left, St Nicholas to the right, St Mary
de Lode
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Text Internet Pictures Branislav L. Slantchev
and Antonio Mª Cabrera All  copyrights  belong
to their  respective owners Presentation
Sanda Foisoreanu
2013
Sound Jan Garbarek - Sanctus