Sunday, August 25, 2013

Durham Cathedral, 2013

Durham was more or less on our way south, and I wanted to see it again, partly in view of my increased knowledge/appreciation of cathedrals and partly for revenge. Durham Cathedral still has a no fotos policy, as it did in 2009. It is nearly unique among the great religious houses of Europe in that respect. I was still bitter, as in 2009. It rained our first few hours in Durham, and, although we were parked not half a mile from the cathedral, we put off going until the clouds parted a bit. That was after 6PM, and, evidently, the cathedral's camera constabulary had gone home. Or maybe to prayers. Whatever. I and a couple dozen others went wild taking interior pix. I post some here merely to spite the administration of this church. Rather more commentary on the cathedral is at the 2009 post, photos for which were grabbed off the web. I am still bitter.
View from the north; it's not so much large as old, one of the
oldest of the Normans, much pre-Gothic















Very worn grave marker for a warrior


















View of choir looking toward nave














Big rose window














Shrine of St. Cuthbert


















Cloister














The Holy Roller just where they'd left it in 2009














Elevation, typical Norman; note the striped
piers; Muslim? Moorish?  no two pairs of piers
alike




















Nave view














Tomb of Venerable Bede 














More arches and columns that don't look particularly
Christian















Loves those intertwined arches














Contemporary window; see below


















Hurrah for Marks and Spencer employees!














Northwest view














The Lindisfarne Gospels were in town; but the exhibit seemed
more about them than of them, so we skipped them

1 comment:

Tawana said...

So glad the camera police had gone home!