Saturday, October 31, 2009

Cultural Treasures of Winchester Cathedral

"Winchester Cathedral
You're bringing me down
You stood and you watched as
My baby left town"

The grand patriarch of all fishing guide books is Isaac Walton's mid-17th century tome The Compleat Angler. If you fish, thoughtfully, you know this book. One of the chapels at Winchester contains Walton's tomb, and the fly-fishing federation of Great Britain (whatever it is called), has endowed and decorated it.

"Oh-bo-de-o-do oh-bo-de-o-do
Oh-bo-de-o-do de-do-duh"
Altar in the "Walton" chapel: nice neolithic water symbol,
tying (!) things together for us; the pews are carved in
beautifully rippled surfaces










Walton's tomb











Stained glass piece from the Walton chapel 











Especially for lunkers; actually the caption is,
"I swear, he was THAT big!"











Oh, yes, Winchester also contains the tomb of Jane Austen
(please, no comments about my prejudices or sensibilities)
(nyuk-nyuk-nyuk)









 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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