Chester Cathedral, 2

Ever more fun at Chester Cathedral...

12th century HVAC

Now in the chapter house; so-called because, in addition to
doing ecclesiastical and abbatial business, they also read,
at every meeting, a chapter of the Benedictine Rule; just FYI

Post-Medieval window

With Henry VIII stablishing the See of Chester

Note internal buttressing

Copy of Tyndale Bible; the Church really really really did not want the masses
reading the hocus-pocus of the Bible, and so violently opposed any translation of 
said book into the vernacular; Tyndale did English, and paid for it with his
life; he also argued that monarchs should be the heads of their national churches,
which idea eventually got to Henry VIII...

An ancient shrine, reconstructed, of St. Werburgh

In the Lady Hall...

Ceiling bosses...Becket? Aren't there supposed to be
four of the bad guys?

Sorry, turn your phone/tablet around to see the Virgin and Bambino

Great floor in one of the chapels

Occasional grotesque, inside the cathedral

Chester has a very large and beautifully-carved quire, done around
1380 by William and Hugh Herland; and, most unusually, all of the
misericords were exposed...which, for us, will require a separate post

More of the quire

Ceiling above

Pay no attention to whatever is behind the gold curtain

North transept; and more of the quilt display 

More organ bits

Crossing

Altar

Another grotesque; most unusual in a cathedral interior

The great west window, post-Medieval; 1961, by W. T.
Carter Shapland; Holy Family plus the "northern saints";
the earlier Victorian window was damaged in WWII

In the west end, the Consistory Court...read on...

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Chester Cathedral and Abbey in LEGO, not quite as large as Durham's,
but especially nice for its interiors, details

Cloisters; with garth...did you look it up?

A last look at some of the excellent contemporary windows