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.
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View from the north; it's not so much large as old, one of the
oldest of the Normans, much pre-Gothic |
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| Very worn grave marker for a warrior |
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| View of choir looking toward nave |
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| Big rose window |
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| Shrine of St. Cuthbert |
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| Cloister |
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| The Holy Roller just where they'd left it in 2009 |
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Elevation, typical Norman; note the striped
piers; Muslim? Moorish? no two pairs of piers
alike |
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| Nave view |
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| Tomb of Venerable Bede |
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More arches and columns that don't look particularly
Christian |
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| Loves those intertwined arches |
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| Contemporary window; see below |
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| Hurrah for Marks and Spencer employees! |
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| Northwest view |
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The Lindisfarne Gospels were in town; but the exhibit seemed
more about them than of them, so we skipped them |
1 comment:
So glad the camera police had gone home!
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